Decreased ileal muscle contractility and increased NOS II expression induced by lipopolysaccharide

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3 34-3, 1996, Pages

  Weisbrodt, Norman W ^a   Pressley, Thomas A ^a   Li, Yong Fang ^a   Zembowicz, Malgorzata J ^a   Higham, Sandra C ^a   Zembowicz, Artur ^a   Lodato, Robert F ^a   Moody, Frank G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

nitric oxide synthase antibody; nitric oxide synthase messenger ribonucleic acid; rat; smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ILEUM MUCOSA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0029764389     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.271.3.g454     Document Type: Article

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