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Previously, scientists had found that the DNA sensor cyclic guanosine monophosphate–adenosine monophosphate synthase (cGAS) was driving this system-wide repair, patching up DNA double-strand breaks to stabilize the genome, but how this came to be has remained a mystery until now.
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New Atlas,
12 Oct. 2025
Such medications act by inhibiting the action of phosphodiesterase enzymes that normally degrade cyclic guanosine monophosphatec (GMP) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP).
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Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
9 Apr. 2022
The amoebas sought after an acid called adenosine monophosphate that flooded the maze’s end.
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Theresa MacHemer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Sep. 2020
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New Atlas,
12 Oct. 2025
Such medications act by inhibiting the action of phosphodiesterase enzymes that normally degrade cyclic guanosine monophosphatec (GMP) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP).
—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
9 Apr. 2022
The amoebas sought after an acid called adenosine monophosphate that flooded the maze’s end.
—
Theresa MacHemer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Sep. 2020
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“Adenosine monophosphate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adenosine%20monophosphate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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adenosine monophosphate
noun
adenosine mo·no·phos·phate
-ˌmän-ə-ˈfäs-ˌfāt, -ˌmō-nə- 
: amp
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