Nitric oxide synthase isoform expression in the developing lung epithelium

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages

  Sherman, Todd S ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a   Yuhanna, Ivan S ^a   Lau, Kim S ^a   Margraf, Linda R ^a   Shaul, Philip W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033033535     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1999.276.2.l383     Document Type: Article

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