From molecules to mammals: What's NOS got to do with it?

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-135

  Mungrue, I N ^a,b,c,d   Bredt, D S ^b   Stewart, D J ^a,c,e   Husain, M ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e 12EN 221 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Mouse models; Nitric oxide synthase (NOS); Vascular biology

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; ENDOTOXIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOENZYME; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN; PREPROENDOTHELIN 1; SILDENAFIL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; LUNG CIRCULATION; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SHOCK; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTOXINS; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENIS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RENAL CIRCULATION;

EID: 0141992104     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01182.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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