A Major Urinary Protein of the Domestic Cat Regulates the Production of Felinine, a Putative Pheromone Precursor

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1071-1079

  Miyazaki, Masao ^a   Yamashita, Tetsuro ^b   Suzuki, Yusuke ^a   Saito, Yoshihiro ^c   Soeta, Satoshi ^d   Taira, Hideharu ^b   Suzuki, Akemi ^a  

^a Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLBUTANOL CYSTEINYL GLYCINE; 3-METHYLBUTANOL-CYSTEINYL-GLYCINE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CAUXIN PROTEIN, FELIS CATUS; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FELININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLFELINYLGLYCINE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLFELINYLGLYCINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PENTANOL; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; URINE;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CATS; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDES; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PENTANOLS; PHEROMONES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749660434     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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