Cloning and characterization of murine endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase

被引:44
作者
Gnanapandithen, K
Chen, ZQ
Kau, CL
Gorczynski, RM
Marsden, PA
机构
[1] UNIV TORONTO,ST MICHAELS HOSP,DIV RENAL,TORONTO,ON M5S 1A8,CANADA
[2] UNIV TORONTO,ST MICHAELS HOSP,DEPT MED,TORONTO,ON M5S 1A8,CANADA
[3] UNIV TORONTO,DEPT IMMUNOL,TORONTO,ON,CANADA
[4] UNIV TORONTO,DEPT SURG,TORONTO,ON,CANADA
来源
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION | 1996年 / 1308卷 / 02期
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
endothelium; nitric oxide; vascular tone; hypertension; gene regulation;
D O I
10.1016/0167-4781(96)00098-X
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Complementary DNA clones encoding mouse endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS) were isolated by plaque hybridization from a murine fetal cardiac lambda ZAP II cDNA expression library using a full-length human ecNOS cDNA as the hybridization probe. DNA sequence analysis indicates a 1202 amino acid protein showing significant sequence identity with human as well as bovine ecNOS.
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页码:103 / 106
页数:4
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