The human vomeronasal type-1 receptor family - Detection of volatiles and cAMP signaling in HeLa/Olf cells

FASEB Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1416-1425

  Shirokova, Elena ^a,c   Raguse, Jan Dirk ^b   Meyerhof, Wolfgang ^a   Krautwurst, Dietmar ^a,b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

G protein; Key aroma volatiles; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN ALPHAOLF; PROTEIN V1RB2; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR; VOLATILE AGENT; VOMERONASAL TYPE 1 RECEPTOR 1; VOMERONASAL TYPE 1 RECEPTOR 2; VOMERONASAL TYPE 1 RECEPTOR 3; VOMERONASAL TYPE 1 RECEPTOR 4; VOMERONASAL TYPE 1 RECEPTOR 5;

AGONIST; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CYCLIC AMP; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOLATILIZATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 43249104447     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-9233com     Document Type: Article

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