The role of nitric oxide in the cardiovascular system
Nitric oxide is generated by the vascular endothelium from L-arginine by a constitutive, Ca2+-dependent, NO synthase. Analogues of L-arginine were characterised as inhibitors of NO synthase to investigate the biological significance of the L-arginine-NO pathway in the vessel wall and its role in the...
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Open University
1991
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.293301 |