Nitric oxide synthases: Catalytic function and progress towards selective inhibition

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Mayer, Bernd ^a   Andrew, Penelope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; [3 (AMINOMETHYL)BENZYL]ACETAMIDINE; AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGININE; ARL 17477; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N6 (1 IMINOETHYL)LYSINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; S METHYLPSEUDOTHIOUREA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THIOCITRULLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME 12; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INHIBITION KINETICS; OXIDATION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0031844699     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005233     Document Type: Review

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