Olfactory receptors and signalling elements in the Grueneberg ganglion

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 543-554

  Fleischer, Jörg ^a   Schwarzenbacher, Karin ^a   Besser, Stefanie ^a   Hass, Nicole ^a   Breer, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemosensory organ; G protein; Grueneberg ganglion; Olfactory marker protein; Pheromone detection; Vomeronasal receptor

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GANGLION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GANGLIA, SENSORY; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33746564076     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03894.x     Document Type: Article

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