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spermidine

Known as: 4-Azaoctamethylenediamine, 1,4-Diaminobutane, N-(3-Aminopropyl)-, 4-Azaoctane-1,8-Diamine 
A polyamine formed from putrescine. It is found in almost all tissues in association with nucleic acids. It is found as a cation at all pH values… 
National Institutes of Health

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1-amino-8-acetamido-5-azanonane1-methylspermidine5,8-dimethylspermidine6,6-difluorospermidine
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PolyaminesPutrescine

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2002
2002
Involvement of kinetin and spermidine in controlling salinity stress in mulberry (Morus alba L. cv. S1)
In mulberry (Morus alba L.) plants NaCl stress imposed through roots by irrigation during growth period decreased the net… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Aliphatic chain length specificity of the polyamine transport system in ascites L1210 leukemia cells.
A series of diamine homologues of putrescine and triamine homologues of spermidine was used to determine the structural… 
1983
1983
Proton exchange rates in transfer RNA as a function of spermidine and magnesium.
Solvent exchange rates of selected protons were measured by NMR saturation recovery for E. coli tRNAVal, E. colifMet and yeast… 
1982
1982
Spermidine oxidase in human pregnancy serum. Probable identity with diamine oxidase.
Diamine oxidase was previously measured in human pregnancy serum with putrescine or histamine as substrate. We have now… 
1981
1981
Spermidine, an intrinsic component of turnip yellow mosaic virus.
The major polyamine of turnip yellow mosaic virus has been identified as spermidine by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry… 
1979
1979
The utilization of an inhibitor of spermidine and spermine synthesis as a tool for the study of the determination of cavitation in the preimplantation mouse embryo.
The inhibition of spermidine and spermine synthesis by methylglyoxal-Bis(guanylhydrazone) (MeGAG) at concentrations of 5, 10 and… 
1978
1978
Spermidine or spermine requirement for killer double-stranded RNA plasmid replication in yeast.
The spe2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae codes for S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, an enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway for… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
The effects of amphiphilic cationic drugs and inorganic cations on the activity of phosphatidate phosphohydrolase.
1. Phosphatidate phosphohydrolase from the particle-free supernatant of rat liver was assayed by using emulsions of phosphatidate… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Translation of mRNA from rat-liver polysomes into tyrosine aminotransferase and tryptophan oxygenase in a protein-synthesizing system from wheat germ. Effects of cortisol on the translatable levels…
Messenger RNA was isolated from rat liver polysomes by phenol/chloroform extraction and subsequent oligo(dT)-cellulose… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Deoxyribonucleoproteins and the tissue-specific restriction of the deoxyribonucleic acid in chromatin.
Although histones appear necessary for the restriction of DNA (Bonner et al. 1968), their lack of tissue and species specificity…