title: Nitric oxide as a secretory product of mammalian cells.
abstract: Evolution has resorted to nitric oxide (NO), a tiny, reactive radical gas, to mediate both servoregulatory and cytotoxic functions. This article reviews how different forms of nitric oxide synthase help confer specificity and diversity on the effects of this remarkable signaling molecule.
authors.affiliation: Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Laboratory, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nathan
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases