Age-related changes in phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the rat penis

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-357

  Musicki, Biljana ^a   Kramer, Melissa F ^a   Becker, Robyn E ^a   Burnett, Arthur L ^a   De Tejada, Iñigo Sáenz ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Instituto de Medicina Sexual   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; eNOS; Penis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GROWTH FACTOR; SERINE; THREONINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENILE BLOOD VESSEL; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 19744372761     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.20349.x     Document Type: Article

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