"cAMP sponge": a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate.

BACKGROUND:While intracellular buffers are widely used to study calcium signaling, no such tool exists for the other major second messenger, cyclic AMP (cAMP). METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Here we describe a genetically encoded buffer for cAMP based on the high-affinity cAMP-binding carboxy-terminus o...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Lefkimmiatis, Mary Pat Moyer, Silvana Curci, Aldebaran M Hofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2766031?pdf=render