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FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
GAGE L PATRICK

(Last)(First)(Middle)
280 EAST GRAND AVENUE

(Street)
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCOCA94080

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/05/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CYTOKINETICS INC [CYTK]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
XDirector10% Owner
Officer (give title below)Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 12/05/2009(1)11/05/2019 Common Stock 30,000 $ 3.33 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. This option shall vest and become exercisable as to 833 shares on 12/05/09 and the balance of 29,167 divided into equal monthly installments thereafter such that the option shall be 100% vested on 11/05/12.
By: Sharon Barbari For: L. Patrick Gage11/06/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of 
Cytokinetics, Incorporated (the Company), hereby constitutes and 
appoints Sharon Barbari, Michael Rabson and Robert I. Blum, and 
each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to

1.complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and 
all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in 
his or her discretion determine to be required or 
advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and 
regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws 
and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigneds 
ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of 
the Company; and

2.do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities 
exchange or national association, the Company and such 
other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem 
appropriate.

       The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said 
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the 
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of 
the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect 
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 
5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in 
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the 
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the 
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
       
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of 
Attorney to be executed as of this 5 day of November, 2009.


Signature:/s/ L. Patrick Gage

Print Name:L. Patrick Gage

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