Nitrite is a Signaling Molecule and Regulator of Gene Expression in Mammalian Tissues

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 290-297

  Bryan, Nathan S ^a   Fernandez, Bernadette O ^a   Bauer, Selena M ^a   Garcia Saura, Maria Francisca ^a   Milsom, Alexandra B ^a   Rassaf, Tienush ^b,c   Maloney, Ronald E ^b   Bharti, Ajit ^a   Rodriguez, Juan ^b   Feelisch, Martin ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HMOX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NITROSATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NITRITES; NITROSATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33644829863     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio734     Document Type: Article

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