Polyamines in aging and disease

Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 716-732

  Minois, Nadège ^a   Carmona Gutierrez, Didac ^b   Madeo, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Age related diseases; Aging; Autophagy; Cancer; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POLYAMINES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857704648     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100361     Document Type: Article

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