Neuronal NOS: Gene structure, mRNA diversity, and functional relevance

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-43

  Wang, Yang ^b   Newton, Derek C ^b   Marsden, Philip A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative promoter; Alternative splicing; Gene regulation; Nitric oxide; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FLUID; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 0032926315     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevNeurobiol.v13.i1.20     Document Type: Review

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