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Curr Biol

Title:		Chemoreception: identifying friends and foes
Author(s):		Koh TW; Carlson JR;
Address:		"Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA"
Journal Title:		Curr Biol
Year:		2011
Volume:		21
Issue:		24
Page Number:		R998 - R999
DOI:		10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.038
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-0445 (Electronic) 0960-9822 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The vomeronasal organ detects chemical cues that trigger sexual, aggressive and defensive behaviors. An in situ hybridization analysis has identified the specificities of nearly a hundred VNO receptors and elucidated the logic by which they encode these cues"
Keywords:		"Animals Birds Chemoreceptor Cells/drug effects/*metabolism Cues Early Growth Response Protein 1/genetics/metabolism Female Gene Expression Regulation Male Mammals Mice Odorants Pheromones/metabolism/pharmacology Receptors, Odorant/metabolism Sex Character;"
Notes:		"MedlineKoh, Tong-Wey Carlson, John R eng R01 DC002174/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ R01 DC004729/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ R01 DC011697/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ England 2011/12/24 Curr Biol. 2011 Dec 20; 21(24):R998-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.038"