17β-Estradiol increases endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA copy number in cerebral blood vessels: Quantification by real-time polymerase chain reaction

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 478, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-38

  Stirone, Chris ^a   Chu, Yi ^b   Sunday, Lorraine ^a   Duckles, Sue P ^a   Krause, Diana N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Endothelium; Estrogen receptor; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OVARIECTOMY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1642362646     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2003.08.037     Document Type: Article

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