Post-translational regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) by estrogens in the rat vagina

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1768-1777

  Musicki, Biljana ^a   Liu, Tongyun ^a   Strong, Travis D ^a   Lagoda, Gwen A ^a   Bivalacqua, Trinity J ^a   Burnett, Arthur L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caveolin 1; Heat Shock Protein 90; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN 1; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE B; ESTROGEN; NOS3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; VAGINA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FISCHER 344 RAT; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAVEOLIN 1; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 77953598967     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01750.x     Document Type: Article

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