No hemoglobin but NO: The icefish (Chionodraco hamatus) heart as a paradigm

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 3855-3864

  Pellegrino, D ^a   Palmerini, C A ^b   Tota, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic teleost; Chionodraco hamatus; Heart; Icefish; Immunocytochemistry; Myocardial performance; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase (NOS)

Indexed keywords

3 MORPHOLINO SYDNONIMINE; 3-MORPHOLINO-SYDNONIMINE; ARGININE; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MOLSIDOMINE; N(G) IMINOETHYLORNITHINE; N(G)-IMINOETHYLORNITHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; ORNITHINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARGININE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CELL RESPIRATION; CYCLIC GMP; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MOLSIDOMINE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORNITHINE; PERCIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; CHIONODRACO HAMATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 10444289869     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01180     Document Type: Article

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