A common gene exclusion mechanism used by two chemosensory systems

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 671-678

  Capello, Luca ^a   Roppolo, Daniele ^a   Jungo, Véronique Pauli ^a   Feinstein, Paul ^b   Rodriguez, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Monogenic expression; Mouse; Olfaction; Pheromone receptor

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; V1R RECEPTOR; V2R RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 60349122823     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06630.x     Document Type: Article

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