Differential NOS expression in freshwater and aestivating Protopterus dolloi (lungfish): Heart vs kidney readjustments

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Amelio, Daniela ^a   Garofalo, Filippo ^a   Brunelli, Elvira ^a   Loong, Ai May ^b   Wong, Wai Peng ^b   Ip, Yuen Kwong ^b   Tota, Bruno ^a   Cerra, Maria Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Heart; Kidney; Nitric oxide synthase; Protopterus dolloi

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; GLOMERULUS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY; LUNGFISH; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYLOGENY; PLEIOTROPY; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTIVATION; FISHES; FRESH WATER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MYOCARDIUM; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI;

EID: 37449029816     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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