Cardiac nitric oxide: Emerging role for nNOS in regulating physiological function

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-74

  Danson, Edward J ^a   Choate, Julia K ^b   Paterson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Catecholamines; Contraction; Neuronal NO synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 15244362284     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2004.11.003     Document Type: Review

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