An evolutionarily conserved mechanism for sensitization of soluble guanylyl cyclase reveals extensive nitric oxide-mediated upregulation of cyclic GMP in insect brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1231-1244

  Ott, Swidbert R ^a,b   Delago, Antonia ^a   Elphick, Maurice R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Cockroach; Locust; Mushroom body; YC 1

Indexed keywords

1 BENZYL 3 (5 HYDROXYMETHYL 2 FURYL)INDAZOLE; ANTIBODY; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; INSECT; LOCUST; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SENSITIZATION; TARGET CELL; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYCLIC GMP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INDAZOLES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC OXIDE; PERIPLANETA; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 4544359959     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03588.x     Document Type: Article

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