Biological effects of arginine metabolites

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-25

  Blantz, Roland C ^a,b   Satriano, J ^a   Gabbai, F ^a   Kelly, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Arginine; Cell proliferation; Glomerular filtration; Nitric oxide; Ornithine decarboxylase polyamines

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE;

BLOOD VESSEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY; METABOLITE; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL DIVISION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HYPERTROPHY; NITRIC OXIDE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0034055037     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2000.00646.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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