Polyamines : methods and protocols / edited by Anthony E. Pegg, Robert A. Casero, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Current status of the polyamine research field / Anthony E. Pegg and Robert A. Casere, Jr. -- Exploring polyamine biosynthetic diversity through comparative and functional genomics / Anthony J. Michael -- Characterization of genes for polyamine modulon / Kazuei Igarashi and Keiko Kashiwagi -- Posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression in epithelial cells by polyamines / Lan Xiao and Jian-Ying Wang -- Identification, chemical synthesis, and biological functions of unusual polyamines produced by extreme thermophiles / Tairo Oshima, Toshiyuki Moriya, and Yusuke Terui -- Polyamine block of inwardly rectifying potassium channels / Harley T. Kurata, Wayland W.L. Cheng, and Colin G. Nichols -- Carcinogenesis studies in mice with genetically engineered alterations in polyamine metabolism / David J. Feith -- Transgenic rodents with altered SSAT expression as models of pancreatitis and altered glucose with lipid metabolism / Anne Uimari ... [et al.] -- Use of (gyro) gy and spermine synthase transgenic mice to study functions of spermine / Xiaojing Wang and Anthony E. Pegg -- Simple assay for mammalian spermine oxidase : a polyamine catabolic enzyme implicated in drug response and disease / Andrew C. Goodwin, Tracy R. Murray-Stewart, and Robert A. Casero, Jr. -- Characterization, assay, and substrate specificity of plant polyamine oxidases / Panagiotis N. Moschou and Kalliopi A. Roubelakis-Angelakis -- Assay of deoxyhypusine synthase activity / Jong Hwan Park, Edith C. Wolff, and Myung Hee Park -- Identification and assay of allosteric regulators of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase / Erin K. Willert, Lisa N. Kinch, and Margaret A. Phillips -- Protocols for studying antizyme expression and function / Noriyuki Murai, Yasuko Murakami, and Senya Matsufuji -- Identification, assay and functional analysis of the antizyme inhibitor family / Chaim Kahana -- Posttranscriptional regulation of ornithine decarboxylase / Shannon L. Nowotarski, Sofia Origanti, and Lisa M. Shantz -- Identification and assays of polyamine transport systems in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Keiko Kashiwagi and Kazuei Igarashi -- Genetic and biochemical analysis of protozoal polyamine transporters / Marie-Pierre Hasne and Buddy Ullman -- Heparan sulfate proteoglycan-mediated polyamine uptake / Johanna Welch ... [et al.] -- Polyamine transport sysems in mammalian cells and tissues / Takeshi Uemura and Eugene W. Gerner -- Procedures to evaluate the importance of dietary polyamines / Paul Acheampong, Mary J. Macleod, and Heather M. Wallace -- Determination of N¹,N¹²-diacetylspermine in urine : a novel tumor marker / Masao Kawakita ... [et al.] -- Spermidine/spermine-N¹-acetyltransferase in kidney ischemia reperfusion injury / Kamyar Zahedi and Manoocher Soleimani -- Use of polyamine metabolites as markers for stroke and renal failure / Kazuei Igarashi and Keiko Kashiwagi -- Methods to evaluate alterations in polyamine metabolism caused by Helicobacter pylori infection / Alain P. Gobert, Rupesh Chaturvedi, and Keith T. Wilson -- High-resolution capillary gas chromatography in combination with mass spectrometry for quantification of three major polyamines in postmortem brain cortex / Gary Gang Chen ... [et al.] -- Spermine synthase deficiency resulting in X-linked intellectual disabiltiy (Snyder-Robinson Syndrome) / Charles E. Schwartz, Xaiojing Wang, Roger E. Stevenson, and Anthony E. Pegg -- Methylated polyamines as research tools / Alex R. Khomutov ... [et al.] -- Fluorescent substrates for polyamine catabolic enzymes and transport / Koichi Takao and Akira Shirahata -- Use of polyamine derivatives as selective histone deacetylase inhibitors / Patick M. Woster -- Measurement of polyamine pKa values / Ian S. Blagbrough, Abdelkader A. Metwally, and Andrew J. Geall -- Polyamine analysis by LC-MS / Merja R. Hakkinen.