Polyamine-dependent gene expression

AC Childs, DJ Mehta, EW Gerner - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences …, 2003 - Springer
The polyamines spermidine and spermine along with the diamine putrescine are involved in
many cellular processes, including chromatin condensation, maintenance of DNA structure …

Structure and interactions of biological helices

AA Kornyshev, DJ Lee, S Leikin, A Wynveen - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2007 - APS
Helices are essential building blocks of living organisms, be they molecular fragments of
proteins (α-helices), macromolecules (DNA and collagen), or multimolecular assemblies …

Structural analysis of DNA interactions with biogenic polyamines and cobalt (III) hexamine studied by Fourier transform infrared and capillary electrophoresis

AA Ouameur, HA Tajmir-Riahi - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 - ASBMB
Biogenic polyamines, such as putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are small organic
polycations involved in numerous diverse biological processes. These compounds play an …

Biogenic amines and polyamines: similar biochemistry for different physiological missions and biomedical applications

MÁ Medina, JL Urdiales… - Critical reviews in …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Biogenic amines are organic polycations derived from aromatic or cationic amino acids. All
of them have one or more positive charges and a hydrophobic skeleton. Nature has evolved …

Characterization by Raman spectroscopy of conformational changes on guanine–cytosine and adenine–thymine oligonucleotides induced by aminooxy analogues of …

AJ Ruiz‐Chica, MA Medina… - Journal of Raman …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The interactions between aminooxy analogues of the biogenic polyamine spermidine and
selected 15‐mer oligodeoxyribonucleotides with alternating purine–pyrimidine base …

Differential and functional interactions emphasize the multiple roles of polyamines in plants

AK Handa, AK Mattoo - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
Biogenic amines putrescine, spermidine and spermine are ubiquitous in nature and have
interested researchers because they are essential for cell division and viability, and due to a …

DNA condensation by polyamines: a laser light scattering study of structural effects

V Vijayanathan, T Thomas, A Shirahata… - Biochemistry, 2001 - ACS Publications
Polyamines such as spermidine and spermine are abundant in living cells and are believed
to aid in the dense packaging of cellular DNA. DNA condensation is a prerequisite for the …

Gemini surfactants: a new family of building blocks for non-viral gene delivery systems

SD Wettig, RE Verrall, M Foldvari - Current gene therapy, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Gemini surfactants provide a significant opportunity in the development of new non-viral
delivery systems designed for gene therapy applications. This review summarizes the wide …

Electrochemically fabricated polypyrrole nanofiber-modified electrode as a new electrochemical DNA biosensor

KH Ghanbari, SZ Bathaie, MF Mousavi - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2008 - Elsevier
A new biosensor employing immobilized DNA on a nano-structured conductive polymer
fixed onto a platinum electrode is presented. Upon optimization of synthesis parameters …

Polyamines in mammalian pathophysiology

F Sánchez-Jiménez, MÁ Medina… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Polyamines (PAs) are essential organic polycations for cell viability along the whole
phylogenetic scale. In mammals, they are involved in the most important physiological …