Localization of G protein alpha subunits and morphology of receptor neurons in olfactory and vomeronasal epithelia in reeve's turtle, Geoclemys reevesii

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-187

  Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Ichikawa, Masumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cilia; Microvilli; Olfaction; Pheromone; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; NOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; TURTLE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; MICROVILLI; NOSE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TURTLES; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EUKARYOTA; MAUREMYS REEVESII; RODENTIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41949097726     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.178     Document Type: Article

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