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Prostaglandin E1 noncompetitively inhibits 5-hydroxytryptamine- and theophylline-stimulated cyclic AMP production in the salivary glands of Calliphora erythrocephala by an inhibitory effect on adenyl cyclase. Phosphodiesterase is not affected.
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Dalton, T. The effect of prostaglandin E1 on cyclic AMP production in the salivary glands ofCalliphora erythrocephala. Experientia 33, 1329–1330 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920162
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