Nitric Oxide (NO) Upregulates NO Synthase Expression in Fetal Intrapulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 629-636

  Yuhanna, Ivan S ^a   MacRitchie, Amy N ^a,b   Lantin Hermoso, Regina L ^a,c   Wells, Lieselotte B ^a   Shaul, Philip W ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; MUTAGENIC AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SPERMINE; SPERMINE NITRIC OXIDE COMPLEX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TIME; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTAGENS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITROGEN OXIDES; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; SPERMINE; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033219726     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.21.5.3749     Document Type: Article

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