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load is due to the potentiating effect of gut-derived incretin hormones. The strongest candidates
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VO Nikolaev, M Bünemann, L Hein, A … - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB The second messenger cAMP was discovered in the early 1950s, and since then its cellular
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JL Bos - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2006 - Elsevier Epac1 and Epac2 are cAMP-dependent guanine-nucleotide-exchange factors for the small GTPases
Rap1 and Rap2, and are known to be important mediators of cAMP signaling. The recent determination
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S Park, X Dong, TL Fisher, S Dunn, AK Omer, G … - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - ASBMB The insulin receptor substrate 2 (Irs2) branch of the insulin/insulin-like growth factor-signaling
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GG Holz, G Kang, M Harbeck, MW Roe, OG … - The Journal of …, 2006 - Physiological Soc Epac is an acronym for the exchange proteins activated directly by cyclic AMP, a family of
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