| phosphodiesterase |
(PDE). An enzyme that hydrolyzes cAMP into AMP.
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| phosphodiester bond |
A bond between a two sugar groups and a phosphate group; such bonds form the sugar-phosphate-sugar backbone of DNA and RNA. A diester bond (between phosphoric acid and two sugar molecules) linking two nucleotides together to form the nucleotide polymers DNA and RNA.
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| phosphodiester |
a diester of phosphoric acid.
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| phosphodiesterase i. |
any of a class of drugs that inhibit the activity of phosphodiesterases, each agent having a different effect because of differing affinities for the various phosphodiesterase fractions; the class includes amrinone, dipyridamole, enoximone, milrinone, papaverine, and theophylline.
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