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cyclic GMP

–noun Biochemistry.
a cyclic anhydride of guanosine monophosphate formed from guanosine triphosphate by the action of guanylate cyclase: in cellular metabolism, it acts as a second messenger associated with increased cell division and growth.
Also called cGMP, guanosine cyclic monophosphate, guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate.


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1970–75
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cyclic GMP  
n.  A cyclic nucleotide of guanosine that acts at the cellular level to regulate various metabolic processes and mediate the action of certain hormones, possibly as an antagonist to cyclic AMP.
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Main Entry: cyclic GMP
Pronunciation: -"jE-"em-'pE
Function: noun
: a cyclic mononucleotide of guanosine that acts similarly to cyclic AMP as a secondmessenger in response to hormones called also cyclic guanosine monophosphate, guanosine 3′,5′-monophosphate
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cyclic GMP n.
A cyclic nucleotide of guanosine that acts at the cellular level as a regulator of various metabolic processes, possibly as an antagonist to cyclic AMP.

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