Keeping the heart in balance: The functional interactions of myoglobin with nitrogen oxides

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2726-2733

  Flögel, Ulrich ^a   Fago, Angela ^b   Rassaf, Tienush ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Department of Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart; Myoglobin; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOGLOBIN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955641875     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.041681     Document Type: Review

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