Sulfide- and nitrite-dependent nitric oxide production in the intestinal tract

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-387

  Vermeiren, Joan ^a   Van de Wiele, Tom ^a   Van Nieuwenhuyse, Glynn ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Boon, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; SULFIDE; THIOL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ADULT; BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; SULFIDES;

EID: 84859872923     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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