A recent class of chemosensory neurons developed in mouse and rat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Silvotti, Lucia ^a   Cavalca, Eleonora ^a   Gatti, Rita ^a   Percudani, Riccardo ^a   Tirindelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VMN2R1 PROTEIN; VMN2R2 PROTEIN; VOMERONASAL TYPE 2 RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSORY NERVE CELL; GENE LOCUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; RODENT; VERTEBRATE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; OLFACTORY NERVE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 80052593217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024462     Document Type: Article

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