• DOI:10.1006/ANBE.1997.0650
Corpus ID: 9879771

Proteins in urine scent marks of male house mice extend the longevity of olfactory signals

@article{Hurst1998ProteinsIU,
  title={Proteins in urine scent marks of male house mice extend the longevity of olfactory signals},
  author={J. Hurst and D. Robertson and U. Tolladay and R. Beynon},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={1998},
  volume={55},
  pages={1289-1297}
}

J. Hurst, D. Robertson, +1 author R. Beynon

Published 1998

Biology, Medicine

Animal Behaviour

The binding of volatile semiochemicals to lipocalin proteins in many mammalian scent marks may provide a gradual release of volatile ligands, extending the life of airborne odour signals. We tested this by using menadione to displace semiochemical ligands from major urinary proteins (MUPs) in urine streaks obtained from adult male house mice, Mus domesticus, and assessed the responses of other males to these and to intact urine marks as they aged. Dominant male mice scent-mark their territories… CONTINUE READING

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