Nitric oxide in the kidney: Functions and regulation of synthesis

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-446

  Mount, P F ^a,b   Power, D A ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; SERINE; THREONINE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INNERVATION; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; KIDNEY TUBULE PRESSURE; NATRIURESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SODIUM EXCRETION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RENAL CIRCULATION;

EID: 33745699168     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01582.x     Document Type: Review

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