"Mups" publications

MUPs shape individual odour signatures

Posted on: 28 November 2018 | Category: 2018

Individual odour signatures that mice learn are shaped by involatile major urinary proteins (MUPs)


Glareosin: a urinary lipocalin in male bank voles

Posted on: 6 November 2017 | Category: 2017

Glareosin: a novel sexually dimorphic urinary lipocalin in the bank vole, Myodes glareolus


Potential MUPs involved in mouse speciation

Posted on: 6 November 2017 | Category: 2017

Molecular heterogeneity in major urinary proteins of Mus musculus subspecies: potential candidates involved in speciation


Structural analysis & quantification of MUPs

Posted on: 9 November 2015 | Category: 2015

Mass spectrometry for structural analysis and quantification of the Major Urinary Proteins of the house mouse


Genetic markers used for kin recognition during cooperation

Posted on: 4 October 2015 | Category: 2015

The genetic basis of kin recognition in a cooperatively breeding mammal


Calorie restriction affects hormone levels and MUP investment

Posted on: 10 August 2015 | Category: 2015

The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: II. Impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on circulating hormone levels, glucose homeostasis and oxidative stress in male C57BL/6 mice


Darcin: structure, stability & binding

Posted on: 3 November 2014 | Category: 2014

The structure, stability and pheromone binding of the male mouse protein sex pheromone darcin


MUPs in rats

Posted on: 11 February 2014 | Category: 2014

The major urinary protein system in the rat


Comparing central and peripheral MUPs

Posted on: 4 February 2014 | Category: 2014

Comparative study of the molecular variation between ‘central’ and ‘peripheral’ MUPs and significance for behavioural signaling


Changes in response to sex pheromones

Posted on: 13 January 2014 | Category: 2014

Sex pheromones are not always attractive: changes induced by learning and illness in mice


Rodent urinary proteins used in scent communication

Posted on: 29 January 2013 | Category: 2013

Rodent urinary proteins: genetic identity signals and pheromones


Applying proteomics to scent signals

Posted on: 8 January 2013 | Category: 2013

The application of proteomics to the discovery and quantification of proteins in scent signals


The tiny Roborovski hamster produces a new urinary lipocalin

Posted on: 7 February 2012 | Category: 2010

Roborovskin, a lipocalin in the urine of the Roborovski hamster


Darcin induces mouse spatial learning

Posted on: 31 January 2012 | Category: 2012

Pheromonal induction of spatial learning in mice


Measurement of proteome dynamics in whole animals

Posted on: 17 January 2012 | Category: 2012

Protein turnover: measurement of proteome dynamics by whole animal metabolic labelling with stable isotope labelled amino acids


Male reproductive effort and oxidative stress

Posted on: 9 January 2012 | Category: 2012

Tissue dependent changes in oxidative damage with male reproductive effort in house mice


Female mice can limit oxidative stress during reproduction

Posted on: 1 February 2011 | Category: 2011

Is oxidative stress a physiological cost of reproduction? An experimental test in house mice


The scent of senescence

Posted on: 12 January 2011 | Category: 2011

The scent of senescence: sexual signalling and female preference in house mice


Darcin - a new sex pheromone in mice that stimulates female memory

Posted on: 17 March 2010 | Category: 2010

Darcin: a male pheromone that stimulates female memory and sexual attraction to an individual male's odour


NMR structure of darcin

Posted on: 10 February 2010 | Category: 2010

(1)H, (15)N and (13)C resonance assignment of darcin, a mouse major urinary protein


Mechanisms of sexual assessment through scent

Posted on: 6 October 2009 | Category: 2009

Female recognition and assessment of males through scent


Laboratory mice lack normal variation in MUP patterns

Posted on: 4 May 2009 | Category: 2009

Limited variation in the Major Urinary Proteins of laboratory mice


The potential of genotypic information to convey kinship

Posted on: 10 February 2009 | Category: 2009

Sperm competition and brain size evolution in mammals