Major 'missed' biochemical pathway emerges as important in virtu...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Wed, 05/21/2008 - 23:00

(Duke University Medical Center) Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have published a study in Science that provides compelling evidence that the nitric oxide system in cells is very broad-based and important, resembling in its essence the much-studied system of phosphorylation.

The findings may offer new insights into how cells work and the basis of many diseases.

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