Protein interactions with nitric oxide synthases: Controlling the right time, the right place, and the right amount of nitric oxide

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 2 54-2, 2003, Pages

  Kone, Bruce C ^a   Kuncewicz, Teresa ^a   Zhang, Wenzheng ^a   Yu, Zhi Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Caveolae; Heat shock protein 90; PDZ domains; Rac guanosine 3,5 triphosphatase

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CALPAIN; CAVEOLIN; CHAPERONE; CYTOKINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOENZYME; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEASOME; RAC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0038486928     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00048.2003     Document Type: Review

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