A novel immunohistochemical semiquantitative technique for endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in rat coronary artery

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-262

  Zulli, Anthony ^a   Liu, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Cholesterol diet; Coronary artery; eNOS; Immunohistochemistry; Nonradioactive; Protein semiquantification

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROCOMPUTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031910580     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600215     Document Type: Article

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