Molecular cloning of endothelial, inducible nitric oxide synthase gene from rat aortic endothelial cell

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 668-673

  Iwashina, Masatora ^a   Hirata, Yukio ^a   Imai, Taihei ^a   Sato, Kyoko ^a   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloning; endothelial cell; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Induction

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029893483     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0668p.x     Document Type: Article

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