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.
引用
收藏
页码:103 / 106
页数:4
相关论文
共 20 条
[1]  
BAEK KJ, 1993, J BIOL CHEM, V268, P21120
[2]  
CHARTRAIN NA, 1994, J BIOL CHEM, V269, P6765
[3]  
CHEN PF, 1994, J BIOL CHEM, V269, P25062
[4]  
DUMONT DJ, 1993, ONCOGENE, V8, P1293
[5]   CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY IS PRESENT IN THE PARTICULATE AND CYTOSOLIC FRACTIONS OF BOVINE AORTIC ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS [J].
FORSTERMANN, U ;
POLLOCK, JS ;
SCHMIDT, HHHW ;
HELLER, M ;
MURAD, F .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1991, 88 (05) :1788-1792
[6]   ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE (NOS3) MAPS TO THE PROXIMAL REGION OF MOUSE CHROMOSOME-5 [J].
GREGG, AR ;
LEE, CGL ;
HERMAN, GE ;
OBRIEN, WE .
MAMMALIAN GENOME, 1995, 6 (02) :152-152
[7]  
HALL AV, 1994, J BIOL CHEM, V269, P33082
[8]   HYPERTENSION IN MICE LACKING THE GENE FOR ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE [J].
HUANG, PL ;
HUANG, ZH ;
MASHIMO, H ;
BLOCH, KD ;
MOSKOWITZ, MA ;
BEVAN, JA ;
FISHMAN, MC .
NATURE, 1995, 377 (6546) :239-242
[9]   LOCALIZATION OF BRAIN NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE (NOS) TO HUMAN CHROMOSOME-12 [J].
KISHIMOTO, J ;
SPURR, N ;
LIAO, M ;
LIZHI, L ;
EMSON, P ;
XU, WM .
GENOMICS, 1992, 14 (03) :802-804
[10]   ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE - MOLECULAR-CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A DISTINCT CONSTITUTIVE ENZYME ISOFORM [J].
LAMAS, S ;
MARSDEN, PA ;
LI, GK ;
TEMPST, P ;
MICHEL, T .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1992, 89 (14) :6348-6352