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What does AC- stand for?

adenylate cyclase activity


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Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield University, UK)
Australian Cable & Telephony
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American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
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Analysis/Analyst Console - Maneuver Control System
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The sometimes successful use of forskolin to reduce intraocular pressure may be due to its unique ability to stimulate adenylate cyclase activity and increase cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) which regulates and activates critical enzymes required for the cellular energy required to move fluid in the body.
Control of adenylate cyclase activity in developing rat heart and liver: effects of prenatal exposure to terbutaline or dexamethasone.
When the receptor binds to the agonist, it undergoes conformational changes with two consequences: first, the release of G-proteins that suppress the adenylate cyclase activity, as a result of which the cAMP level decreases and the contraction of the smooth-muscle cells occurs (Zhang et al.
1982), control of blood flow (Berne, 1980), prevention of cardiac arrhythmias (Pelleg and Porter, 1990) and nerve-tissue functions such as the inhibition of neurotransmitter release and the modulation of adenylate cyclase activity (Ribeiro, 1995).
By putting different combinations of the genes into yeast, the researchers determined that the RAS gene products regulate growth in yeast solely by modulating adenylate cyclase activity.
Control of adenylate cyclase activity in developing rat heart and liver: effects of prenatal exposure to terbutaline or dexamethasone.
Heterologous sensitization of adenylate cyclase activity by serotonin in the rat cerebral cortex.

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