Regulation of nitric oxide synthesis by dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1533-1540

  MacAllister, Raymond J ^a,d   Parry, Heather ^a   Kimoto, Masumi ^b   Ogawa, Tadashi ^b   Russell, Rachel J ^c   Hodson, Harold ^c   Whitley, Guy St J ^a   Vallance, Patrick ^d  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase; Methylarginines; Nitric oxide; S 2 amino 4(3 methylguanidino)butanoic acid (4124W); Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BRADYKININ; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON 14; CITRULLINE; DIMETHYLARGININEDIMETHYLAMINOHYDROLASE; HYDROLASE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030473408     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb16069.x     Document Type: Article

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