The Biochemistry of the Polyamines: Spermidine and Spermine
- 1 June 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Biochemistry
- Vol. 30 (1), 579-604
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.bi.30.070161.003051
Abstract
This review includes the following topics: assay techniques; distribution and concentration; chemical synthesis of sperm-idine and spermine; biosynthesis of spermidine and spermine; other enzymatic pathways involving sperdimine and spermine; microbiological requirements for polyamines as growth factors; stabilizing effects of polyamines; binding of polyamines to nucleic acids, lipids and heparin; pharmacology and pathology.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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