Molecular Biology of Peptide Pheromone Production and Reception in Mice

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue , 2007, Pages 147-171

  Touhara, Kazushige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; ODOR; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODORS; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 34548612523     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2660(07)59006-1     Document Type: Review

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