Molecular cloning and characterization of the constitutive bovine aortic endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 2092-2096

  Nishida, Ken'ichi ^a   Harrison, David G ^a,c   Navas, Jorge P ^a   Fisher, Ari A ^a   Dockery, Sheila P ^a   Uematsu, Masaaki ^b   Nerem, Robert M ^b   Alexander, R Wayne ^a   Murphy, T J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA; COS 7 cells; Flavin nucleotide binding; Myristoylation; Proline directed phosphorylation; Shear stress; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; AORTA; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026497997     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI116092     Document Type: Article

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