Altered asymmetric dimethyl arginine metabolism in allergically inflamed mouse lungs

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-8

  Ahmad, Tanveer ^a   Mabalirajan, Ulaganathan ^a   Ghosh, Balaram ^a   Agrawal, Anurag ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Assymetric dimethylarginine; Asthma; Dimethylarginine dimethyl aminotransferase; Peroxynitrite; Protein arginine methyl transferase

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ARGININE; DIMETHYLARGININASE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; AMIDASE; COLLAGEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N,N DIMETHYLARGININE; N,N-DIMETHYLARGININE; PEROXYNITROUS ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DOWN REGULATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; METABOLISM;

MURINAE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ASTHMA; COLLAGEN; CYTOSOL; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOCHONDRIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 73949119562     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2009-0137RC     Document Type: Article

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