RhoA/Rho-kinase: A novel player in the regulation of penile erection

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 67-72

  Chitaley, K ^a   Webb, R C ^b   Mills, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Nitric oxide; Rho kinase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; RHO FACTOR; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 0034992988     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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