Regulation of nitric oxide synthase activity by tetrahydrobiopterin in human placentae from normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancies

Placenta

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 763-772

  Kukor, Z ^a   Valent, S ^a   Toth M ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM ION; CITRULLINE; ISOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSOME; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 0033674825     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2000.0584     Document Type: Article

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