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NO place to hide

Nitric oxide (NO) regulates a broad range of biological processes, yet many intracellular details of NO-mediated processes remain hidden. A new fluorescein derivative capable of direct detection provides a key advance in determining NO function in vivo.

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Figure 1: Small-molecule probes for fluorescence imaging of intracellular NO.

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Finney, N. NO place to hide. Nat Chem Biol 2, 349–350 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0706-349

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