Acute hypoxia increases intracellular L-arginine content in cultured porcine pulmonary artery enclothelial cells

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-353

  Su, Yunchao ^a,c   Block, Edward R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; CELL PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CALPAIN; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; PROTEINS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SWINE;

EID: 0029912342     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199605)167:2<349::AID-JCP20>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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