Ascorbic Acid Enhances Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase Activity by Increasing Intracellular Tetrahydrobiopterin
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- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 275 (23) , 17399-17406
- https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m002248200
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