Polyamines

Current Status of the Polyamine Research Field.- Exploring Polyamine Biosynthetic Diversity through Comparative and Functional Genomics.- Characterization of Genes for Polyamine Modulon.- Posttranscriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Epithelial Cells by Polyamines.- Identification, Chemical Synthesis, and Biological Functions of Unusual Polyamines Produced by Extreme Thermophiles.- Polyamine Block of Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels.- Carcinogenesis Studies in Mice with Genetically Engineered Alterations in Polyamine Metabolism.- Transgenic Rodents with Altered SSAT Expression as Models of Pancreatitis and Altered Glucose and Lipid Metabolism.- Use of (Gyro) Gy and Spermine Synthase Transgenic Mice to Study Functions of Spermine.- A Simple Assay for Mammalian Spermine Oxidase: A Polyamine Catabolic Enzyme Implicated in Drug Response and Disease.- Characterization, Assay, and Substrate Specificity of Plant Polyamine Oxidases.- Assay of Deoxyhypusine Synthase Activity.- Assay of Deoxyhypusine Hydroxylase Activity.- Identification and Assay of Allosteric Regulators of S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase.- Protocols for Studying Antizyme Expression and Function.- Identification, Assay, and Functional Analysis of the Antizyme Inhibitor Family.- Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Ornithine Decarboxylase.- Identification and Assays of Polyamine Transport Systems in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Protozoal Polyamine Transporters.- Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan-Mediated Polyamine Uptake.- Polyamine Transport Systems in Mammalian Cells and Tissues.- Procedures to Evaluate the Importance of Dietary Polyamines.- Determination of N1,N12-Diacetylspermine in Urine: A Novel Tumor Marker.- Spermidine/spermine-N1-Acetyltransferase in Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury.- Use of Polyamine Metabolites as Markers for Stroke and Renal Failure.-Methods to Evaluate Alterations in Polyamine Metabolism Caused by Helicobacter pylori Infection.- High-Resolution Capillary Gas Chromatography in Combination with Mass Spectrometry for Quantification of Three Major Polyamines in Post-Mortem Brain Cortex.- Spermine Synthase Deficiency Resulting in X-Linked Intellectual Disability (Snyder-Robinson Syndrome).- Methylated Polyamines as Research Tools.- Fluorescent Substrates for Polyamine Catabolic Enzymes and Transport.- Use of Polyamine Derivatives as Selective Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors.- Measurement of Polyamine pKa Values.- Polyamine Analysis by LC-MS.