cyclic AMP

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cyclic AMP

A cyclic nucleotide of adenosine that acts at the cellular level to regulate various metabolic processes and mediate the effects of many hormones.

cyclic AMP

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) cyclic adenosine monophosphate: a constituent of biological cells, responsible for triggering processes that are dependent on hormones

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adenosine monophosphate

cyclic GMP

This docking activates cyclic AMP production inside the melanocyte, which spurs the cell to make melanin and distribute it to nearby skin cells.

UV blocker: lotion yields protective tan in fair-skinned mice by Seppa, N. / Science News

1 mg/dL, bicarbonate 13 mEq/L, cyclic AMP receptor protein 43.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus toxic shock syndrome by Devriendt, Jacques / Emerging Infectious Diseases

Recent SANS experiments have confirmed that the gene activator protein, cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP), undergoes a significant structural, or conformational, change in solution upon DNA binding.

SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING UNIQUELY PROBES GENE REGULATORY ... by Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

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