Nitric oxide is a biological signalling gas that has been assumed to reach its protein targets by simple random diffusion. The discovery of molecular mechanisms for precise nitric oxide delivery challenges that assumption.
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Gross, S. Targeted delivery of nitric oxide. Nature 409, 577–578 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35054661
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