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Polyamine biosynthesis in relation to K-ras and p-53 mutations in colorectal carcinoma.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 May 2004
Linsalata M, Notarnicola M, Caruso M G, Di Leo A, Guerra V, Russo F
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BACKGROUND: Polyamines are important polycations found in high concentrations in gastrointestinal neoplasms, and ornithine decarboxylase is the key enzyme in their biosynthesis. Also genes with oncogenic potential (e.g. K-ras and p53) contribute to neoplastic transformation by modifying normal cellular proliferation and differentiation. Our aim was to evaluate the ornithine decarboxylase activity and polyamine...
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