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spermine biosynthetic process

Known as: spermine biosynthesis, spermine anabolism, spermine formation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of spermine, a polybasic amine found in human sperm, in ribosomes and in some viruses… 
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2011
2011
Synergistic and antagonistic effect of lactic acid bacteria on tyramine production by food-borne pathogenic bacteria in tyrosine decarboxylase broth.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Accumulation of decarboxylated S-adenosyl-L-methionine in mammalian cells as a consequence of the inhibition of putrescine biosynthesis.
Biological transmethylation reactions and polyamine biosynthesis share the substrate S-adenosyl-L-methionine. Under normal… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Spermine Synthesis Is Required for Normal Viability, Growth, and Fertility in the Mouse*
Spermidine is essential for viability in eukaryotes but the importance of the longer polyamine spermine has not been established… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Interference with DNA Methyltransferase Activity and Genome Methylation during F9 Teratocarcinoma Stem Cell Differentiation Induced by Polyamine Depletion*
When ornithine decarboxylase, the initial and highly regulated enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis, is irreversibly inactivated by… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Irreversible inhibition of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes: growth inhibition in vitro.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Adipose cell differentiation: evidence for a two-step process in the polyamine-dependent Ob1754 clonal line.
A subclone of preadipocyte Ob17 cells has been isolated (Ob1754 clonal line). Confluent Ob1754 cells treated with an inhibitor of… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effects of inhibitors of spermidine and spermine synthesis on polyamine concentrations and growth of transformed mouse fibroblasts.
1. A number of compounds known to inhibit polyamine biosynthesis at various steps in the biosynthetic pathway were tested for… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Interference with S and G2 phase progression by polyamine synthesis inhibitors.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Increased cellular levels of spermidine or spermine are required for optimal DNA synthesis in lymphocytes activated by concanavalin A.
There are large increases in cellular levels of the polyamines spermidine and spermine in lymphocytes induced to transform by… 
Review
1969
Review
1969
Mechanisms and regulation of polyamine and putrescine biosynthesis in male genital glands and other tissues of mammals.
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