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Nitric Oxide Research from Chemistry to Biology pp 175–192Cite as

Nitric Oxide Biosynthesis in Mammals

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The aim of this chapter is not to give a detailed view of everything that is known about NO biosynthesis, but to give the reader some clues to understand the next chapters (for more detailed information see the recent reviews of Kerwin et al,1 Knowles and Moncada,2 Marietta,3 Stuehr and Griffith,4 and Nathan.5

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