Kyotorphin (L-tyrosyl-L-arginine) as a possible substrate for inducible nitric oxide synthase in rat glial cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Arima, Takashi ^a   Kitamura, Yoshihisa ^a,d   Nishiya, Tadashi ^a   Takagi, Hiroshi ^b   Nomura, Yasuyuki ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Kyotorphin (t tyrosyl L arginine); Lipopolysaccharide; Rat glial cells

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BESTATIN; KYOTORPHIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GLIA CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030570387     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12758-0     Document Type: Article

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