Vascular endothelium expresses 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase and produces hydrogen sulfide

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 623-626

  Shibuya, Norihiro ^a   Mikami, Yoshinori ^a   Kimura, Yuka ^a   Nagahara, Noriyuki ^b   Kimura, Hideo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 MST; EDRF; Endothelium; H2S; Relaxation; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 3 MERCAPTOPYRUVATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFURTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; SULFURTRANSFERASES;

EID: 70449686289     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvp111     Document Type: Article

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