Shared and unique G alpha proteins in the zebrafish versus mammalian senses of taste and smell

Chemical Senses

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-365

  Oka, Yuichiro ^a   Korsching, Sigrun I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gustducin; Lamprey; Phylogeny; Teleost

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSORY SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; G ALPHA GENE; G14A GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENOME; GI1B GENE; GO1 GENE; GO2 GENE; GOLF2 GENE; GUSTDUCIN GENE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; TASTE; TASTE BUD; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH;

AMPHIBIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79954606181     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq138     Document Type: Article

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