Cyclic AMP-dependent phosphorylation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase mediates penile erection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 16624-16629

  Hurt, K Joseph ^a   Sezen, Sena F ^b   Lagoda, Gwen F ^b   Musicki, Biljana ^b   Rameau, Gerald A ^c   Snyder, Solomon H ^b   Burnett, Arthur L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Endothelial NOS; Gasotransmitter; Phosphoantibody; Smooth muscle relaxation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE DELETION; INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FORSKOLIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERINE;

EID: 84867339775     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213790109     Document Type: Article

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