Nitric oxide as a pro-apoptotic as well as anti-apoptotic modulator

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-126

  Choi, Byung Min ^a   Pae, Hyun Ock ^a   Jang, Seon Il ^a   Kim, Young Myeong ^b   Chung, Hun Taeg ^a  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; cGMP PKG pathway; Nitric oxide (NO); NO synthase; S nitrosylation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CASPASE; CERAMIDE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; FAS ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; META TYROSINE; METAL ION; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGENASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; THIOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSOL; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0037203543     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2002.35.1.116     Document Type: Review

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