Evolution and comparative genomics of odorant- and pheromone-associated genes in rodents

Genome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 591-602

  Emes, Richard D ^a   Beatson, Scott A ^a,b   Ponting, Chris P ^a   Goodstadt, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTRON; LIGAND BINDING; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOMICS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNITS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHEROMONES; RATS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

RODENTIA;

EID: 1842818734     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.1940604     Document Type: Review

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