An Essential Role for Polyamine Biosynthesis During Human Granulopoietic Differentiation

Cancer Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1982, Pages 3046-3049

  Sunkara, Prasad S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Merrell Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GRANULOPOIESIS; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY;

BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EFLORNITHINE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMAN; MACROPHAGES; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINES; PUTRESCINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019957208     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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