Ventilation and oxygenation induce endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene expression in the lungs of fetal lambs

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1448-1458

  Black, Stephen M ^a   Johengen, Michael J ^a   Ma, Zhi Dong ^a   Bristow, James ^a   Soifer, Scott J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Endothelial cells; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary circulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAMB; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030875453     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119665     Document Type: Article

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