Biosynthesis of nitric oxide and citrulline from l-arginine by constitutive nitric oxide synthase present in rabbit corpus cavernosum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 308-314

  Bush, Peggy A ^a   Gonzalez, Norma E ^a   Ignarro, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CITRULLINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; VANADIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REDUCTION;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMAL; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; KINETICS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENIS; RABBITS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026731333     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(05)80808-3     Document Type: Article

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