Expression and functional analysis of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in human placenta

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-494

  Rossmanith, Winfried G ^a   Hoffmeister, Ulrike ^a   Wolfahrt, Sonja ^a   Kleine, Bernhard ^a   McLean, Marc ^b   Jacobs, Richard A ^b   Grossman, Ashley B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Immunocytochemistry; Perifusion; Placenta; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENDOTHELIUM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PERFUSION; PLACENTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0032929550     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.5.487     Document Type: Article

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