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. 1973 Feb;70(2):471–474. doi: 10.1073/pnas.70.2.471

Adenosine 3′:5′-Cyclic Monophosphate as a Regulator of Bacterial Transformation

Edmund M Wise Jr 1, Susan P Alexander 1, Marilyn Powers 1
PMCID: PMC433285  PMID: 4346890

Abstract

Adenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate added to exponentially growing cells of Hemophilus influenzae strain Rd increases competence for transformation 100- to 10,000-fold. Cyclic AMP added to near-stationary or stationary cells does not increase competence over the high level normally found in the early stationary phase.

Keywords: Hemophilus influenzae Rd, cyclic-AMP assay

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