Contact with urinary proteins stimulates countermarking in male mice

Humphries, R. E., Robertson, D. H., Beynon, R. J. & Hurst, J. L. (1999). Unravelling the chemical basis of competitive scent marking in house mice. Anim Behav 58, 1177-1190. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Limited proteolysis of MUPs

Wu, C., Robertson, D.H.L., Hubbard, S.J. Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (1999) Proteolysis of native enzymes: Trapping of a reaction intermediate. J. Biol. Chem. 274: 1108-1115 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Protein binding in chemical communication

Beynon, R.J., Robertson, D.H.L., Hubbard, S. J., Gaskell, S.J. & Hurst, J.L. (1999) The role of protein binding in chemical communication: major urinary proteins in the house mouse. in "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates" (R.E. Johnston, D. Müller-Schwarze and P.W.Sorensen eds) Plenum Press pp 137-147 [Abstract...]

Many MUPs expressed by wild mice

Pes, D., Robertson, D.H.L., Hurst, J.L.., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (1999) How many Major Urinary Proteins are produced by the house mouse Mus domesticus? in "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates" (R.E. Johnston, D. Müller-Schwarze and P.W.Sorensen eds) Plenum Press 149-161 [Abstract...]