Nitric oxide formation versus scavenging: The red blood cell balancing act

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 4993-5000

  Owusu, Benjamin Y ^a   Stapley, Ryan ^a   Patel, Rakesh P ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN;

BLOOD FLOW; BREATHING; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXYGEN SENSING; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84867484914     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.234906     Document Type: Review

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