Responses of carotid artery in mice deficient in expression of the gene for endothelial NO synthase

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 2 43-2, 1998, Pages

  Faraci, Frank M ^a   Sigmund, Curt D ^b   Shesely, Edward G ^b   Maeda, Nobuyo ^b   Heistad, Donald D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Gene targeting; NG nitro L arginine; Nitric oxide; Nitroprusside; Soluble guanylate cyclase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OXADIAZOLES; QUINOXALINES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031952267     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.2.h564     Document Type: Article

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