Probing the mechanism of transport and compartmentalisation of polyamines in mammalian cells

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 717-729

  Cullis, Paul M ^a   Green, Ruth E ^a   Merson Davies, Louise ^a   Travis, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cells; Compartmentalisation; Endocytosis; Polyamines; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033214643     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(00)80019-8     Document Type: Article

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