Maintenance of cellular tetrahydrobiopterin homeostasis

BMB Reports

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 584-592

  Kim, Hye Lim ^a   Park, Young Shik ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Endothelial dysfunction; Neurodegenerative diseases; Nitric oxide synthase; Regeneration; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; BIOPTERIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOPTERIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78649471694     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3858/BMBRep.2010.43.9.584     Document Type: Review

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