Medical Definition of Guanylin
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Peptide occuring in vertebrate gut that elevates the second messenger cyclic GMP in a variety of tissues (including gut) via a membrane guanylate cyclase. The receptor is also the target for the E. Coli heat stable enterotoxin.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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