Polyamines

PART I BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLYAMINES, - 1 Biosynthesis of Polyamines in Eukaryotes, Archaea, and Bacteria. - 2 Long-Chain and Branched Polyamines in Thermophilic Microbes. - 3 Regulation and Diversity of Polyamine Biosynthesis in Plants. - PART II CATABOLISM OF POLYAMINES. - 4 Polyamine Catabolism in Prokaryotes. - 5 Mammalian Polyamine Catabolism. - 6 Polyamine Catabolism in Plants. - PART III POLYAMINE HOMEOSTASIS. - 7 Antizyme. - 8 Bacterial Antizyme. - 9 Polyamine Homeostasis in Plants: The Role(s) of Evolutionarily Conserved Upstream ORFs. - PART IV ROLES OF POLYAMINES IN GROWTH. - 10 Role of the Polyamine Spermidine as a Precursor for Hypusine Modification in eIF5A. - 11 The Polyamine Modulon: Genes Encoding Proteins Whose Synthesis Is Enhanced by Polyamines at the Level of Translation. - 12 Protein Synthesis and Polyamines in Thermophiles: Effect of Polyamines on Nucleic Acid Maintenance and Gene Expression. - PART V ROLES OF POLYAMINES IN SURVIVAL. - 13 Polyamines in Plant Stress Response. - PART VI POLYAMINE TRANSPORTERS. - 14 Recent Advances in Bacterial Polyamine Transport Systems. - 15 Polyamine Transport Systems in Plants. - PART VII POLYAMINE-DERIVED SECONDARY METABOLITES. - 16 Polyamine-Derived Alkaloids in Plants: Molecular Elucidation of Biosynthesis. - 17 Polyamine Toxins from Spiders and Wasps. - PART VIII ACTION OF POLYAMINES ON ION CHANNELS. - 18 Polyamine Block of Inwardly Rectifying Potassium (Kir) Channels. - 19 Polyamine Action on Plant Ion Channels and Pumps. - 20 Regulation of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptors by Spermine and Ifenprodil. - PART IX POLYAMINES AND LONGEVITY. - 21 Polyamines and Longevity in Mammals. - 22 Polyamine Interactions with Plant Hormones: Crosstalk at Several Levels. - PART X DIAGNOSIS AND DRUG TARGETS. - 23 N1, N12-Diacetylspermine in Human Urine: Performance as a Tumor Marker, Quantification, Production, and Excretion. - 24 Targeting the Polyamine Biosynthetic Pathway in Parasitic Protozoa.