In situ identification of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS-I) mRNA in mouse and rat skeletal muscle

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-80

  Lück, Gabriele ^a   Oberbäumer, Ilse ^b   Blottner, Dieter ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myoblasts; Myotubes; Neuromuscular system; Nitric oxide synthase gene expression; Nitric oxide synthase type 1; Polymerase chain reaction; Skeletal muscle development

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032562668     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00237-7     Document Type: Article

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