Xenopus V1R vomeronasal receptor family is expressed in the main olfactory system

Chemical Senses

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-346

  Date Ito, Atsuko ^a,b   Ohara, Hiromi ^a,b   Ichikawa, Masumi ^a   Mori, Yuji ^b   Hagino Yamagishi, Kimiko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibian; G protein; Olfactory epithelium; Pheromone receptor; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN GI2; VOMERONASAL RECEPTOR TYPE 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT, GI2; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; PSEUDOGENES; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 43549124354     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm090     Document Type: Article

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