Searching for neuroglobin's role in the brain

IUBMB Life

Volumn 59, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 490-497

  Nienhaus, Karin ^a   Nienhaus, G Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Neuroglobin; Ngb molecular properties; Ngb physiological functions; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

HEME; NEUROGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRANIAL NERVE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLOBINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 34547957448     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540601188538     Document Type: Review

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