Nitric Oxide Production by Cells Infiltrating Amphibian Skin Grafts

Folia Biologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 73-78

  Józkowlcz, Alicja ^a   Płytycz, Barbara ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allografts; Amphibia; Anura; Macrophages; Nitric oxide; Xenografts

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; METABOLISM; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TOAD; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; BUFO BUFO; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA TEMPORARIA; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031323992     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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