Inability of rat alveolar macrophages to recycle L-citrulline to L- arginine despite induction of argininosuccinate synthetase mRNA and protein, and inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis by exogenous L-citrulline

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 358, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 601-607

  Hammermann, Rainer ^a   Bliesener, Niclaas ^a   Mössner, Jutta ^a   Klasen, Stefanie ^a   Wiesinger, Heinrich ^b   Wessler, Ignaz ^c   Racké, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Argininosuccinate synthetase; L citrulline; L arginine; Nitric oxide synthesis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031646446     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005300     Document Type: Article

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