title: Flies kNOw how to signal.
abstract: A recent study has discovered a surprising role for nitric oxide in the Drosophila immune response. NO-mediated signaling was implicated in the communication between the site of a localized infection and the major immune organ of the fly, the fat body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Road, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
authors.forename: Neal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005216:Fat Body / Q000276:immunology; D007239:Infections / Q000276:immunology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase