Cellular, biochemical, and molecular characterization of nitric oxide synthase expressed in the nervous system of the prosobranch Stramonita haemastoma (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 364-383

  Cioni, Carla ^a   Di Patti, Maria Carmela Bonaccorsi ^b   Venturini, Giorgio ^c   Modica, Maria Vittoria ^a   Scarpa, Francesca ^a   Oliverio, Marco ^a   Toni, Mattia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

NADPH diaphorase; NOS; Stramonita haemastoma

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GASTROPOD; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PDZ DOMAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SH NOS GENE; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GASTROPODA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 82355161601     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22729     Document Type: Article

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