Transgenic animals modelling polyamine metabolism-related diseases

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-144

  Alhonen, Leena ^a   Uimari, Anne ^a   Pietilä, Marko ^a   Hyvönen, Mervi T ^a   Pirinen, Eija ^a   Keinänen, Tuomo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

POLYAMINE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; PHENOTYPE; RAT; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; POLYAMINES; RATS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 77449132717     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0460009     Document Type: Article

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