Role of polyamines in mediating malignant transformation and oncogene expression

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1289-1295

  Tabib, Amalia ^a   Bachrach, Uriel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

c fos; c myc; Epithel; Fibroblasts; Polyamines; Rat kidney cells; Soft agar; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C MYC; PHENOTYPE; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC POLYAMINES; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; GENES, MYC; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENES; PUTRESCINE; RATS; SPERMIDINE;

EID: 0032861554     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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