Characterization and comparison of major urinary proteins from the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, and the aboriginal mouse, Mus macedonicus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 613-630

  Robertson, Duncan H L ^a   Hurst, Jane L ^a   Searle, Jeremy B ^b   Gündüz, Islam ^b,c   Beynon, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aboriginal mouse; De novo protein sequencing; House mouse; Major urinary proteins; Peptide mass spectrometry; Protein mass spectrometry; Protein sequence heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ELECTROKINESIS; HETEROGENEITY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OLFACTION; PROTEIN; RODENT; URINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PROTEINURIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; PROTEINURIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

MUS MACEDONICUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 33847255501     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9247-0     Document Type: Article

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