Expression and Activity of Nitric Oxide Synthases in Human Airway Epithelium

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 629-639

  Watkins, D Neil ^b   Peroni, Darryl J ^b   Basclain, Kerrie A ^b   Garlepp, Michael J ^b   Thompson, Philip J ^a  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HISTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRONCHUS; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THORACOTOMY;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRONCHI; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOKINES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0031159156     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.16.6.9191464     Document Type: Article

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