The preferred source of arginine for high-output nitric oxide synthesis in blood vessels

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-45

  Xie, Linjun ^a,b   Hattori, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Tume, Nick ^a,b   Gross, Steven S ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UREA CYCLE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0034090638     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-0005(00)80054-3     Document Type: Article

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