Functional and molecular characterization of nitric oxide synthase in the endometrium and myometrium of pregnant sheep during the last third of gestation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 116-125

  Massmann, G Angela ^b   Zhang, Jie ^b   Figueroa, Jorge P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arginase; Nitric oxide synthase; Ornithine decarboxylase; Pregnancy; Sheep; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM; CALMIDAZOLIUM; CALMODULIN; CITRULLINE; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEASE; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0041866716     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70446-1     Document Type: Article

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