The advertisement role of major urinary proteins in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 667-670

  Stopka, Pavel ^a,b   Janotova, Katerina ^a   Heyrovsky, David ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Major urinary protein; Mice; Mouse; MUP; Oestrous cycle; Oestrus; Pheromone carrying proteins

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UPREGULATION;

EID: 34547841362     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.03.030     Document Type: Article

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