Metabolism of an alkyl polyamine analog by a polyamine oxidase from the microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2599-2604

  Bacchi, Cyrus J ^a   Yarlett, Nigel ^a   Faciane, Evangeline ^a   Bi, Xiangdong ^b   Rattendi, Donna ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^c   Woster, Patrick M ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,15 BIS[N [2 (PHENYL)BENZYLAMINO]] 4,12 DIAZAPENTADECANE; 2 (PHENYL)BENZYLAMINE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; BW 1; CARBON 13; DICARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG METABOLITE; N' ACETYLSPERMINE; PEROXIDE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYAMINE OXIDASE; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG METABOLISM; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; POLYAMINES; RABBITS;

EID: 67049173035     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00267-08     Document Type: Article

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