Role of superoxide as a signaling molecule

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 120-123

  Buetler, Timo M ^a,b   Krauskopf, Alexandra ^a,c   Ruegg, Urs T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSPORT; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 3042807919     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/nips.01514.2003     Document Type: Review

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