Pregnancy block by MHC class I peptides is mediated via the production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in the mouse vomeronasal organ

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1406-1412

  Thompson, Roger N ^a   McMillon, Ronald ^a   Napier, Audrey ^a   Wekesa, Kennedy S ^a  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ins(1,4,5)P3; MHC peptide; Pregnancy block; Vomeronasal organ (VNO)

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; PEPTIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STIMULATION; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34248598054     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02753     Document Type: Article

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