Inhibitory effect of arginine-derivatives from ginseng extract and basic amino acids on protein-arginine N-methyltransferase

Amino Acids

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-400

  Yoo, B C ^a   Park, G H ^a,b   Okuda, H ^d   Takaku, T ^d   Kim, S ^a,b   Hwang, Woo Ik ^a,c  

^a Yonsei Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Amino acids; Arginine derivatives; Basic amino acids; Ginseng extract; Inhibitors; Polyamines; Protein arginine methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; GINSENG EXTRACT; METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYAMINE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PUTRESCINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GINSENG; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033396905     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01361664     Document Type: Article

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