Cycling of NADPH by glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase optimizes the spectrophotometric assay of nitric oxide synthase activity in cell lysates

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-153

  Ghigo, Dario ^a   Riganti, Chiara ^a   Gazzano, Elena ^a   Costamagna, Costanzo ^a   Bosia, Amalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrulline; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Griess reaction; NADPH cycling; Nitric oxide synthase; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL EXTRACTS; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICE; NADP; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33746839664     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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