Nitric oxide synthase structure and electron transfer

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1185-1189

  De Ortiz Montellano, Paul R ^a   Nishida, Clinton ^a   Rodriguez Crespo, Ignacio ^a   Gerber, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; CYTOCHROME P450; HEME; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; QUERCETIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

CHIMERA; DRUG METABOLISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0032433165     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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