The Akt kinase signals directly to endothelial nitric oxide synthase

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 845-848

  Michell, B J ^a   Griffiths, J E ^b   Mitchelhill, K I ^a   Rodriguez Crespo, I ^c   Tiganis, T ^a   Bozinovski, S ^b   Ortiz de Montellano, P R ^c   Kemp, B E ^a   Pearson, R B ^b  

^a ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033615069     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80371-6     Document Type: Article

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