Nitric oxide synthase type II mRNA stability is translation- and transcription-dependent

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1766-1769

  Park, Song Kyu ^a,b   Murphy, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Astrocyte; Cycloheximide; mRNA stability; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOKINE; DACTINOMYCIN; ENDOTOXIN; MANGANESE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROGLIA; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10144224274     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67041766.x     Document Type: Article

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