Localization of α 2u-globulin in the acinar cells of preputial gland, and confirmation of its binding with farnesol, a putative pheromone, in field rat (Millardia meltada)

• Main Authors: Ganesan, Ramya Vaideki, Parasuraman, Padmanabhan, Govindaraju, Archunan, Rajamanickam, Ramachandran, Shanmugam, Achiraman, Thangavel, Rajagopal, Devaraj, Sankarganesh, Soundararajan, Kamalakkannan, Ponnirul, Ponmanickam, Ramalingam, Rajkumar
• Other Authors: Umapathy, Govindhaswamy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine; Farnesol; Preputial Gland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88915; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46980
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pheromones, low molecular weight chemical entities that bind to pheromone carrier proteins, are chemical signals that play an important role in the communication system in animals. This has been rather fairly well-studied in the rodents. The preputial gland, a rich source of pheromones in many roden...