Developmental Expression of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) in the Rat Liver

Pediatric Research

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 732-738

  Nowicki, Michael J ^a,b   Shi, Dongping ^a   Cai, Zhengwei ^b   Bishop, Phyllis R ^a   May, Warren L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBON 14; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER SINUSOID; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEAR FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS;

EID: 0142148057     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000086904.52847.2A     Document Type: Article

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