The Contribution of Salvador Moncada to Our Understanding of the Biology of Nitric Oxide

IUBMB Life

Volumn 55, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 563-565

  Clementi, Emilio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelium Derived Relaxing Factor; Guanylate cyclase, cytochrome c oxidase, mitochondria, apoptosis; Nitric oxide; Salvador Moncada

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROTECTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 0346362070     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540310001628664     Document Type: Review

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