Nitric oxide synthase isoforms in the rat kidney during pregnancy

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 280-288

  Novak, Jacqueline ^a   Rajakumar, Augustine ^a   Miles, Theresa M ^a   Conrad, Kirk P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

glomerular filtration; Renal circulation

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLACENTA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURIFICATION; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOENZYMES; KIDNEY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 3042686702     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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