Chimeric forms of neuronal nitric oxide synthase identify different regions of the reductase domain that are essential for dimerization and activity

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 397-407

  Hallmark, Olivia G ^a   Phung, Yume T ^a   Black, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CITRULLINE; CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COS CELLS; DIMERIZATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLASMIDS; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM;

EID: 0032997656     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454999315286     Document Type: Article

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