Nitric oxide, superoxide, and peroxynitrite: The good, the bad, and the ugly

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 5 40-5, 1996, Pages

  Beckman, Joseph S ^a   Koppenol, Willem H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

neuronal networks; superoxide dismutase; toxicity

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PEROXYACETYLNITRATE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TYROSINE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENTERITIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029805172     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.271.5.c1424     Document Type: Review

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