The role of hydrogen sulfide in evolution and the evolution of hydrogen sulfide in metabolism and signaling

Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 60-72

  Olson, Kenneth R ^a   Straub, Karl D ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXYGEN;

EVOLUTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84949949016     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00024.2015     Document Type: Review

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