Crystal structure of constitutive endothelial nitric oxide synthase: A paradigm for pterin function involving a novel metal center

Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 939-950

  Raman, C S ^a   Li, Huiying ^a   Martásek, Pavel ^b   Král, Vladimir ^c   Masters, Bettie Sue S ^b   Poulos, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CATALYSIS; CELL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0032416666     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81718-3     Document Type: Article

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