Biochemical and immunohistochemical characterization of nitric oxide synthase in the rat retina

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-34

  Sheng, Hong ^a,b   Ignarro, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calmodulin; Citrulline; Neuron; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ARGININE; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; CITRULLINE; CYCLIC GMP; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 0029987278     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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