Changes in nitric oxide (NO) synthase isoforms and NO in the ovary of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch.) during the reproductive cycle

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-316

  Tripathi, Vrajesh ^a,b   Krishna, A ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b M J P ROHILKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FISH; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; THECA CELL; VITELLOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATFISHES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; NITROPRUSSIDE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 56849090593     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-07-0509     Document Type: Article

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