Elephant albumin: A multipurpose pheromone shuttle

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1093-1100

  Lazar, Josef ^a   Rasmussen, L E L ^b   Greenwood, David R ^c   Bang, In Seok ^d   Prestwich, Glenn D ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 DODECENYL ACETATE; 7-DODECENYL ACETATE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALBUMINOID; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELEPHANT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PH; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; URINE;

ACETATES; ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHEROMONES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; URINE;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHAS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4344577423     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2004.05.018     Document Type: Article

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