A family of nonclassical class I MHC genes contributes to ultrasensitive chemodetection by mouse vomeronasal sensory neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 5121-5133

  Leinders Zufall, Trese ^a   Ishii, Tomohiro ^b,c   Chamero, Pablo ^a   Hendrix, Philipp ^a   Oboti, Livio ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a   Kircher, Sarah ^a   Pyrski, Martina ^a   Akiyoshi, Sachiko ^b   Khan, Mona ^b   Vaes, Evelien ^b   Zufall, Frank ^a   Mombaerts, Peter ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK RESEARCH UNIT FOR NEUROGENETICS   (Germany)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Chemodetection; Chromosome engineering; Major histocompatibility complex; Pheromone; Vomeronasal receptor

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMERONASAL 2 RECEPTOR F2;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; LORDOSIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ACCESSORY OLFACTORY SYSTEM; CHEMODETECTION; CHROMOSOME ENGINEERING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHEROMONE; VOMERONASAL RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84899472039     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0186-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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