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Non-Vertebrate Nitric Oxide Synthases

Hartmut KleinertU. Förstermann

subject

chemistry.chemical_compoundInnate immune systembiologychemistryBiochemistryanimal diseasesbiology.animalfungiVertebratebiochemical phenomena metabolism and nutritionDrosophila (subgenus)biology.organism_classificationNitric oxide

description

NO is an important signalling molecule making essential contributions to innate immunity in mammals. Interestingly, also several non-vertebral NOS have been described. Aside from a role in the feeding of bloodsucking insects, NO has been shown, for example, to play an important role in Drosophila innate immunity …

https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-008055232-3.63013-2