Positive identification of the puberty-accelerating pheromone of the house mouse: the volatile ligands associating with the major urinary protein

NOVOTNY, Milos, Weidong MA, Don WIESLER and Lukáš ŽÍDEK. Positive identification of the puberty-accelerating pheromone of the house mouse: the volatile ligands associating with the major urinary protein. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B - Biological Sciences. London: Royal Soc. London, 1999, vol. 266, No 1432, p. 2017-2022. ISSN 0962-8452.

Basic information

Original name

Positive identification of the puberty-accelerating pheromone of the house mouse: the volatile ligands associating with the major urinary protein

Authors

NOVOTNY, Milos, Weidong MA, Don WIESLER and Lukáš ŽÍDEK

Edition

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B - Biological Sciences, London, Royal Soc. London, 1999, 0962-8452

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Other information

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.755

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

FEMALE MICE; MUS-MUSCULUS; SYNTHETIC ANALOGS; CONSTITUENTS; RESPONSES; FAMILY

Tags

CONSTITUENTS, Family, FEMALE MICE, MUS-MUSCULUS, RESPONSES, SYNTHETIC ANALOGS

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Abstract

V originále

Five structurally diverse small ligands, all binding to the major urinary protein (MUP) of the male house mouse, show individually puberty-accelerating pheromonal activity in the recipient females. A recombinant MUP (identical structurally to the natural protein) has shown no biological activity While four of these ligands were previously implicated in oestrus synchronization (Whitten effect), the same chemosignals now appear responsible for both sexual maturation and cycling in adult females.