Polyamine metabolism in a member of the phylum microspora (Encephalitozoon cuniculi): Effects of polyamine analogues

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1215-1224

  Bacchi, Cyrus J ^a   Rattendi, Donna ^a   Faciane, Evangeline ^a   Yarlett, Nigel ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^b   Frydman, Benjamin ^c   Woster, Patrick ^d   Wei, Benjamin ^d   Marton, Laurence J ^c   Wittner, Murray ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SLIL Biomedical Corp   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGUANIDINE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; BW 1; MITOGUAZONE; N (2,3 BUTADIENYL) N' METHYLPUTRESCINE; N,N' BIS(2,3 BUTADIENYL)PUTRESCINE; N,N' BIS(3 BENZYLAMINOPROPYL) 1,7 HEPTANEDIAMINE; PARGYLINE; POLYAMINE OXIDASE; SL 11061; SL 11093; SL 11144; SL 11158; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MAMMALIA; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 2942534183     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26889-0     Document Type: Article

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