Effects of chronically elevated growth hormone levels on polyamine metabolism in elderly transgenic mice

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-58

  Gritli Linde, A ^a   Bjorkman U ^a   Holm, I ^b   Tornell J ^a   Linde, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamines; S adenosylmethionine decarboxylase; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; GROWTH HORMONE; KIDNEY ENZYME; LIVER ENZYME; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINES; SPLEEN;

EID: 0342894771     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(96)03969-X     Document Type: Article

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