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Cyclic AMP

"Cyclic AMP" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An adenine nucleotide containing one phosphate group which is esterified to both the 3'- and 5'-positions of the sugar moiety. It is a second messenger and a key intracellular regulator, functioning as a mediator of activity for a number of hormones, including epinephrine, glucagon, and ACTH.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cyclic AMP" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cyclic AMP" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 48 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 1996 and 2003
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