Characterization of transgenic mice with overexpression of spermidine synthase

Amino Acids

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 495-505

  Shi, Chenxu ^a   Welsh, Patricia A ^a   Sass Kuhn, Suzanne ^a   Wang, Xiaojing ^a   McCloskey, Diane E ^a   Pegg, Anthony E ^a   Feith, David J ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminopropyltransferase; Polyamine; S Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase; Spermidine; Spermine; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; BETA ACTIN; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE; SPERMINE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAG REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE;

EID: 84861698287     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1028-6     Document Type: Article

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