Arginase activity in mitochondria - An interfering factor in nitric oxide synthase activity assays

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 394, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 448-452

  Venkatakrishnan, Priya ^a   Nakayasu, Ernesto S ^a   Almeida, Igor C ^a   Miller, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginase; Mitochondria; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CARBON 14; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77950516393     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.10.169     Document Type: Article

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