The trans effect of nitroxyl (HNO) in ferrous heme systems: implications for soluble guanylate cyclase activation by

Lauren E Goodrich1, Nicolai Lehnert

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

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