The cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent catabolite repression effect in Escherichia coli is among the most intensely studied regulatory processes in biology. However, the physiological function(s) of cAMP ...

THE biologic role of cyclic AMP (adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate), at least as it is understood today, is shown in Figure 1. After release from an endocrine gland, a hormone is transported to ...