The Glu-298→Asp (894G→T) mutation at exon 7 of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene and coronary artery disease

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 511-514

  Cai, Hua ^a,b   Wilcken, David E ^a,b   Wang, Xing Li ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Mutation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELISM; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0032586925     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001099900020     Document Type: Article

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