Differential binding between volatile ligands and major urinary proteins due to genetic variation in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-120

  Kwak, Jae ^a   Grigsby, Claude C ^b   Rizki, Mateen M ^c   Preti, George ^a,d   Köksal, Mustafa ^d   Josue, Jesusa ^a   Yamazaki, Kunio ^a   Beauchamp, Gary K ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Wright State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential binding; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Isoelectric focusing (IEF) gel electrophoresis; Major urinary proteins (MUPs); Metabolite Differentiation and Discovery Lab (MeDDL); Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS PAGE); Volatile ligands

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; MAJOR URINARY PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AKR MOUSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BINDING AFFINITY; C57BL MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863765509     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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