Active and inactive pools of nNOS in the nerve terminals in mouse gut: Implications for nitrergic neurotransmission

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Rao, Y Manjula ^a   Chaudhury, Arun ^a   Goyal, Raj K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calmodulin bound nNOS; Enteric nerve varicosities; Isoforms of nNOS; Nitric oxide; Serine 847 phosphorylated nNOS

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; DIMER; MONOMER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; SERINE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ASSAY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTESTINE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALMODULIN; CATALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE ENDINGS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHOSPHORYLATION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 41549089986     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00519.2007     Document Type: Article

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