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Reviews on structure and function of nitric oxide synthases

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  13. Babu, B.R. and Griffith, O.W. (1998) Design of isoform­selective inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2, 491-500.
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  23. Bastian, N.R. and Hibbs, J.B., Jr. (1994) Assembly and regulation of NADPH oxidase and nitric oxide synthase. Curr. Opin. Immunol. 6, 131-139.
  24. Baylis, C. and Vallance, P. (1996) Nitric oxide and blood pressure: effects of nitric oxide deficiency. Curr. Opin. Nephrol. Hypertens. 5, 80-88.
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  26. Becker, Y. (1993b) Success and failure of dendritic cell (DC) anticancer activity may be modulated by nitric oxide synthetase (NOS) gene expression: A hypothesis. In Vivo 7, 285-288.
  27. Beesley, J.E. (1995) Histochemical methods for detecting nitric oxide synthase. Histochem. J. 27, 757-769.
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  29. Bevan, J.A. (1993) Flow regulation of vascular tone. Its sensitivity to changes in sodium and calcium. Hypertension 22, 273-281.
  30. Bicker, G. (1998) NO news from insect brains. Trends Neurosci. 21, 349-355.
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  32. Billiar, T.R. and Harbrecht, B.G. (1997) Resolving the nitric oxide paradox in acute tissue damage. Gastroenterology 113, 1405-1407.
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  37. Blottner, D., Grozdanovic, Z. and Gossrau, R. (1995) Histochemistry of nitric oxide synthase in the nervous system. Histochem. J. 27, 785-811.
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  39. Bohle, D.S. (1998) Pathophysiological chemistry of nitric oxide and its oxygenation by­products. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2, 194-200.
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  51. Brosnan, C.F., Lee, S.C. and Liu, J. (1997) Regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in human glia: Implications for inflammatory central nervous system diseases. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 25, 679-683.
  52. Brown, Z., Robson, R.L. and Westwick, J. (1993) L­Arginine/nitric oxide pathway: A possible signal transduction mechanism for the regulation of the chemokine IL­8 in human mesangial cells. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 351, 65-75.
  53. Busse, R. and Fleming, I. (1995) Regulation and functional consequences of endothelial nitric oxide formation. Ann. Med. 27, 331-340.
  54. Busse, R., Fleming, I. and Schini, V.B. (1995) Nitric oxide formation in the vascular wall: Regulation and functional implications. Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 196, 7-18.
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  57. Chan, P.H. (1996) Role of oxidants in ischemic brain damage. Stroke 27, 1124-1129.
  58. Chao, D.S., Hwang, P.M., Huang, F. and Bredt, D.S. (1996) Localization of neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Methods Enzymol. 268, 488-496.
  59. Charles, I.G., Scorer, C.A., Moro, M.A., Fernàndez, C., Chubb, A., Dawson, J., Foxwell, N., Knowles, R.G. and Baylis, S.A. (1996) Expression of human nitric oxide synthase isozymes. Methods Enzymol. 268, 449-460.
  60. Chayen, J., Bitensky, L. and Mehdizadeh, S. (1994) Histo­ and cytochemistry of guanylate cyclase and nitric oxide synthase: A critical appraisal. Cell Biochem. Funct. 12, 179-183.
  61. Chenais, B. and Tenu, J.P. (1994) Involvement of nitric oxide synthase in antiproliferative activity of macrophages: Induction of the enzyme requires two different kinds of signal acting synergistically. Int. J. Immunopharmacol. 16, 401-406.
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Nobel Prize

  1. Furchgott, R.F., Ignarro, L.J. and Murad, F. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998 "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system".
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