1. Polyamines in biological systems

   • Enzo Agostinelli

   Editorial 15 December 2009 Pages: 351 - 352

2. Potential anticancer application of polyamine oxidation products formed by amine oxidase: a new therapeutic approach

   • E. Agostinelli
   • G. Tempera
   • R. Stevanato

   Review Article 10 December 2009 Pages: 353 - 368

   

3. Metabolism of N-alkylated spermine analogues by polyamine and spermine oxidases

   • Merja R. Häkkinen
   • Mervi T. Hyvönen
   • Tuomo A. Keinänen

   Original Article 10 December 2009 Pages: 369 - 381

   

4. Synthetic polyamines: an overview of their multiple biological activities

   • Anna Minarini
   • Andrea Milelli
   • Carlo Melchiorre

   Review Article 10 December 2009 Pages: 383 - 392

   

5. Polyamines: fundamental characters in chemistry and biology

   • E. Agostinelli
   • M. P. M. Marques
   • A. Toninello

   Review Article 15 December 2009 Pages: 393 - 403

   

6. Polyamines and cellular metabolism in plants: transgenic approaches reveal different responses to diamine putrescine versus higher polyamines spermidine and spermine

   • Autar K. Mattoo
   • Subhash C. Minocha
   • Avtar K. Handa

   Review Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 405 - 413

   

7. The polyamine transport system as a target for anticancer drug development

   • Andrew J. Palmer
   • Heather M. Wallace

   Review Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 415 - 422

   

8. Agmatine transport in brain mitochondria: a different mechanism from that in liver mitochondria

   • V. Battaglia
   • S. Grancara
   • A. Toninello

   Original Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 423 - 430

   

9. Agmatine prevents the Ca²⁺-dependent induction of permeability transition in rat brain mitochondria

   • V. Battaglia
   • S. Grancara
   • A. Toninello

   Original Article 10 December 2009 Pages: 431 - 437

   

10. Effects of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, polyamines, amino acids, and weak bases (amines and ammonia) on development and ribosomal RNA synthesis in Xenopus embryos

    • Koichiro Shiokawa
    • Mai Aso
    • Kazuei Igarashi

    Review Article 15 December 2009 Pages: 439 - 449

    

11. Structural biology of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase

    • Shridhar Bale
    • Steven E. Ealick

    Review Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 451 - 460

    

12. Down-regulation of hypusine biosynthesis in plasmodium by inhibition of S-adenosyl-methionine-decarboxylase

    • Robert Blavid
    • Peter Kusch
    • Annette Kaiser

    Original Article 01 December 2009 Pages: 461 - 469

    

13. Assessment of deoxyhypusine hydroxylase as a putative, novel drug target

    • B. Kerscher
    • E. Nzukou
    • A. Kaiser

    Review Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 471 - 477

    

14. Evidence for conformational changes in the yeast deoxyhypusine hydroxylase Lia1 upon iron displacement from its active site

    • Veridiana S. P. Cano
    • Francisco Javier Medrano
    • Sandro R. Valentini

    Original Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 479 - 490

    

15. Functional significance of eIF5A and its hypusine modification in eukaryotes

    • M. H. Park
    • K. Nishimura
    • S. R. Valentini

    Review Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 491 - 500

    

16. Novel isosteric charge-deficient spermine analogue—1,12-diamino-3,6,9-triazadodecane: synthesis, pK _a measurement and biological activity

    • Janne Weisell
    • Mervi T. Hyvönen
    • Pasi Soininen

    Original Article 02 December 2009 Pages: 501 - 507

    

17. Novel convenient synthesis of biologically active esters of hydroxylamine

    • Maxim A. Khomutov
    • Swati Mandal
    • Sergey N. Kochetkov

    Original Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 509 - 517

    

18. Targeting polyamines and biogenic amines by green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate

    • Esther Melgarejo
    • José Luis Urdiales
    • Miguel Ángel Medina

    Review Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 519 - 523

    

19. Difluoromethylornithine inhibits hypertrophic, pro-fibrotic and pro-apoptotic actions of aldosterone in cardiac cells

    • S. Cetrullo
    • A. Facchini
    • F. Flamigni

    Original Article 04 December 2009 Pages: 525 - 531

    

20. Evaluation method for polyamine uptake by N ¹-dansylspermine

    • Koichi Takao
    • Yoshiaki Sugita
    • Akira Shirahata

    Original Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 533 - 539

    

21. Overexpression of ornithine decarboxylase increases myogenic potential of H9c2 rat myoblasts

    • Marco Govoni
    • Francesca Bonavita
    • Emanuele Giordano

    Original Article 15 December 2009 Pages: 541 - 547

    

22. Activated polyamine catabolism leads to low cholesterol levels by enhancing bile acid synthesis

    • Eija Pirinen
    • Helena Gylling
    • Markku Laakso

    Original Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 549 - 560

    

23. Exploring polyamine regulation by nascent histamine in a human-transfected cell model

    • H. Abrighach
    • I. Fajardo
    • J. L. Urdiales

    Original Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 561 - 573

    

24. α-Methylspermidine protects against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic and pancreatic damage

    • Mervi T. Hyvönen
    • Riitta Sinervirta
    • Leena Alhonen

    Original Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 575 - 581

    

25. Cutaneous application of α-methylspermidine activates the growth of resting hair follicles in mice

    • Tekele M. Fashe
    • Tuomo A. Keinänen
    • Marko Pietilä

    Original Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 583 - 590

    

26. Developmental alterations in expression and subcellular localization of antizyme and antizyme inhibitor and their functional importance in the murine mammary gland

    • Y. Murakami
    • J. Suzuki
    • T. Oka

    Original Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 591 - 601

    

27. Antizyme inhibitor 2: molecular, cellular and physiological aspects

    • Andrés J. López-Contreras
    • Bruno Ramos-Molina
    • Rafael Peñafiel

    Review Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 603 - 611

    

28. Proteomic analysis of livers from a transgenic mouse line with activated polyamine catabolism

    • Marc Cerrada-Gimenez
    • Jukka Häyrinen
    • Leena Alhonen

    Original Article 10 December 2009 Pages: 613 - 622

    

29. Differential effects of cold, osmotic stress and abscisic acid on polyamine accumulation in wheat

    • Zita Kovács
    • Livia Simon-Sarkadi
    • Gábor Kocsy

    Original Article 04 December 2009 Pages: 623 - 631

    

30. Functional consequences of perturbing polyamine metabolism in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

    • K. Clark
    • J. Niemand
    • L. Birkholtz

    Review Article 09 December 2009 Pages: 633 - 644

    

31. Polyamine metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi: studies on the expression and regulation of heterologous genes involved in polyamine biosynthesis

    • I. D. Algranati

    Review Article 03 December 2009 Pages: 645 - 651

32. Critical role of transglutaminase and other stress proteins during neurodegenerative processes

    • Daniela Caccamo
    • Monica Currò
    • Riccardo Ientile

    Review Article 05 December 2009 Pages: 653 - 658

33. Compatible and self-incompatible pollination in Pyrus communis displays different polyamine levels and transglutaminase activity

    • S. Del Duca
    • G. Cai
    • D. Serafini-Fracassini

    Original Article 18 December 2009 Pages: 659 - 667

    

34. Putrescine–polysaccharide conjugates as transglutaminase substrates and their possible use in producing crosslinked films

    • Prospero Di Pierro
    • Loredana Mariniello
    • Raffaele Porta

    Original Article 04 December 2009 Pages: 669 - 675

    

35. Contributors

    Contributors 09 February 2010 Pages: 677 - 677