Translational regulation of ornithine decarboxylase and other enzymes of the polyamine pathway

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-122

  Shantz, Lisa M ^a   Pegg, Anthony E ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

eIF 4E; Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamines; S adenosylmethionine decarboxylase; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; MAMMAL CELL; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ANIMALS; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; POLYAMINES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

EID: 0032967255     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00135-6     Document Type: Review

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