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Differential binding between volatile ligands and major urinary proteins due to genetic variation in mice.
Physiology & behavior - 20 Aug 2012
Kwak Jae, Grigsby Claude C, Rizki Mateen M, Preti George, Köksal Mustafa, Josue Jesusa, Yamazaki Kunio, Beauchamp Gary K
Abstract excerpt
Two different structural classes of chemical signals in mouse urine, i.e., volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the major urinary proteins (MUPs), interact closely because MUPs sequester VOCs. Although qualitative and/or quantitative differences in each chemical class have been reported, previous studies have examined only one of the classes at a time. No study has analyzed these two sets simultaneously, and...
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