Analysis of male pheromones that accelerate female reproductive organ development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Flanagan, Kelly A ^a   Webb, William ^a   Stowers, Lisa ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 SEC BUTYL 2 THIAZOLINE; 6 HYDROXY 6 METHYL 3 HEPTANONE; BETA FARNESENE; ISOBUTYLAMINE; ISOPENTYLAMINE; PHEROMONE; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL C; TRPC2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PUBERTY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINE; UTERUS GROWTH; UTERUS WEIGHT; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UTERUS;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHEROMONES; PUBERTY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRPC CATION CHANNELS; UTERUS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 79951561535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016660     Document Type: Article

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