Nitric oxide synthase activities in mammalian parotid and submandibular salivary glands

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 621-624

  Mitsui, Yuka ^a   Yasuda, Naoto ^a   Furuyama, Shunsuke ^a   Sugiya, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; RABBIT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SALIVARY GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CATTLE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PAROTID GLAND; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 0031234361     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(97)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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