Goα expression in the vomeronasal organ and olfactory bulb of the tammar wallaby

Chemical Senses

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-577

  Schneider, Nanette Y ^a,b   Fletcher, Terrence P ^a   Shaw, Geoff ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Go protein; Marsupials; Pheromone; Vomeronasal receptors

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICE; OLFACTORY BULB; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 84863861687     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjs040     Document Type: Article

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