Characterization of nitric oxide synthase in the cerebellum of the chicken

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 457-461

  Yamakawa, Yuriko ^a   Shiraishi, Hiroyasu ^b   Yamakawa, Minoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+; Calmodulin; Cerebellum; Chicken; FAD; FMN; NADPH; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; N (6 AMINOHEXYL) 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; N (6 AMINOHEXYL) 5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031469426     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00172-7     Document Type: Article

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