To determine the effect of cyclic GMP and cyclic GMPdependent protein kinase, microsomes were preincubated for 10 min at 37°C with 100 pM-isobutylmethylxanthine, 1 pM-cyclic GMP alone, 16-138 p-units of cGMP-dependent protein kinase/ml alone or with the combination of these agents. Steady-state, ATP-dependent Ca? + accumulation into preparations sonicated with histamine amounted to 47 k 6 nmol/...

In a group G, we denote the (cyclic) group of powers of some g ∈ G by 〈g〉 = {g : k ∈ Z}. If G = 〈g〉, then G itself is cyclic, with g as a generator. Examples of infinite cyclic groups include Z, with (additive) generator 1, and the group 2Z of integral powers of the real number 2, with generator 2. The most basic examples of finite cyclic groups are Z/(m) with (additive) generator 1 and μm = {z...

Finite affine groups are given by groups of translations and di- lations on finite cyclic groups. For cyclic groups of prime order we develop a time-scale (wavelet) analysis and show that for a large class of non-zero window signals/vectors, the generated full cyclic wavelet system constitutes a frame whose canonical dual is a cyclic wavelet frame.

Parathyroid hormone increased basal adenyl cyclase activity and that increase was inhibited by prostaglandin E(1) (PGE(1)). Tissue cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cyclic AMP) concentrations were increased by parathyroid hormone and that increase was likewise inhibited by PGE(1). Both parathyroid hormone and dibutyryl cyclic AMP increased (32)P incorporation into renal cortical phospholipi...

We have employed a neutral-pH extraction technique to look for inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate derivatives in [3H]inositol-labelled parotid gland slices stimulated with carbachol. The incubations were terminated by adding cold chloroform/methanol (1:2, v/v), the samples were dried under vacuum and inositol phosphates were extracted from the dried residues by phenol/chloroform/water partitioning. ...

Background Soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) constitutes a family of enzymes that catalyses the cyclization of guanosine 5’-triphosphate (GTP) to guanosine 3’,5’-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP). The heterodimeric hemoprotein is activated by nitric oxide and mediates a wide range of physiological effects like regulation of blood pressure and neuronal cell development. sGC is an important target for the...

The unicellular eukaryote Tetrahymena pyriformis secretes significant amounts of cyclic AMP into its external medium. Cells transferred from growth medium into any of the following three different non-nutrient media: (a) 5 mM phosphate buffer containing 47 mM NaCl and 1 mM MgSO4, (b) 10 mM Tris, or (c) 1.3 mM Tris containing 1 mM citrate and 1 mM Ca(OH)2, released to the outside almost 60--80% ...

Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) has been observed to decrease with the development of hemorrhagic anovulatory follicles (HAFs) in mares. Two studies were conducted to evaluate AMH concentration in mares with HAFs compared to seasonally anoestrous and cyclic mares, and to elucidate changes of AMH with the development of luteinised unruptured follicles (LUFs). In study 1, AMH and progesterone were e...

• This review examines critically the evidence bearing on the hypothesis that the positive inotropic effects of catecholamines are mediated by intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cyclic AMP). The review is selective in several respects. For example, it does not contain extensive discussions about the biochemical actions of cyclic AMP, the enzymes regulating its synthesis and degradati...

In this paper we study n ∏ i=1 Z2i -Additive Cyclic Codes. These codes are identified as Z2n [x]submodules of n ∏ i=1 Z2i [x]/〈x αi − 1〉; αi and i being relatively prime for each i = 1, 2, . . . , n. We first define a n ∏ i=1 Z2i -additive cyclic code of a certain length. We then define the distance between two codewords and the minimum distance of such a code. Moreover we relate these to binar...