Expression of a vomeronasal receptor gene (V1r) and G protein α subunits in goat, Capra hircus, olfactory receptor neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 503, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 371-380

  Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Ohkura, Satoshi ^c   Okamura, Hiroaki ^c   Mori, Yuji ^b   Ichikawa, Masumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Olfactory epithelium; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT I2; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT OLF; NEUROMODULIN; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOAT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; VOMERONASAL RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOATS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; MALE; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RGS PROTEINS; SMELL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 34447645283     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21394     Document Type: Article

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