Molecular architecture of mammalian nitric oxide synthases

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

Volumn 111, Issue 35, 2014, Pages

  Campbell, Melody G ^a   Smith, Brian C ^a   Potter, Clinton S ^a   Carragher, Bridget ^a   Marletta, Michael A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational heterogeneity; Electron microscopy; Flavin; Heme

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONFORMATIONAL HETEROGENEITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAVIN; HEME;

ANIMALS; CALMODULIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; HOLOENZYMES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMALS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS;

EID: 84907227897     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413763111     Document Type: Article

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