Nitric oxide synthase and cGMP activity in the salivary glands of the american dog tick Dermacentor variabilis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-120

  Bhattacharya, Sumoulindra T ^a   Bayakly, Nabil ^a   Lloyd, Roger ^b   Benson, Michael T ^b   Davenport, James ^c   Fitzgerald, Malinda E C ^c   Rothschild, Marjorie ^a   Lamoreaux, William J ^d   Coons, Lewis B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; CITRULLINE; CYCLIC GMP; DITHIOTHREITOL; DOPAMINE; EDETIC ACID; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N (6 AMINOHEXYL) 5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0033993674     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4477     Document Type: Article

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