ornithine decarboxylase


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or·ni·thine de·car·box·yl·ase

an enzyme catalyzing the decarboxylation of l-ornithine to putrescine and CO2; first step in polyamine biosynthesis.
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Use of a modified ornithine decarboxylase promoter to achieve efficient c-MYC-or N-MYC-regulated protein expression," Cancer Research, vol.
The Dysregulation of Polyamine Metabolism in Colorectal Cancer Is Associated with Overexpression of c-Myc and C/EBP[beta] rather than Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis Infection
Co-operation between follicular ornithine decarboxylase and v-Haras induces spontaneous papillomas and malignant conversion in transgenic skin.
Comparative analysis of polyamine metabolism in benign and neoplastic keratinocytic proliferations
In contrast, high concentrations of ornithine can inhibit the activity of ornithine decarboxylase due to the fast formation and accumulation of putrescine (DIRCKS et al.
Metabolismo da arginina em especies uricotelicas
k]B and ornithine decarboxylase, ARE induction and cell proliferation assays).
NF-[kappa]B inhibitory activity of cyclitols isolated from hancovnia speciosa
Kitani and Fujisawa (1988) indicated that the liver is characterized by a low ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity, which could explain the small variation in PAs levels.
Polyamines as biomarkers of the antitumoral activity of Bursera fagaroides/ Las poliaminas como biomarcadores de la actividad antitumoral de Bursera fagaroides/As poliaminas como biomarcadores da atividade antitumoral de Bursera fagaroides
Control of nucleic acid and protein synthesis in developing brain, kidney, and heart of the neonatal rat: effects of [alpha]-difluoromethylornithine, a specific, irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase.
Chlorpyrifos affects phenotypic outcomes in a model of mammalian neurodevelopment: critical stages targeting differentiation in PC12 cells
Analysis of ornithine decarboxylase messenger ribonucleic acid expression in colorectal carcinoma.
Quantitative analysis of ornithine decarboxylase MRNA by reverse transcription-PCR with the LightCycler system
12129 13408 Serogroup O1 O22 Haemolysis on blood agar + + Indole + + Voges-Proskauer + + Lysine decarboxylase + + Arginine dihydrolase - - Ornithine decarboxylase + + Phage IV (lysis) - - Acid from: L-Arabinose - - Mannose + - Sucrose + + Growth in tryptone broth: 0% NaCl + + 3% NaCl + + Susceptibility to: O/129 (10 [micro]g disc) R R (150 [micro]g disc) R R Polymyxin B (50 U disc) R R Trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole R R (1.
Vibrio cholerae resistant to 2,4-diamino-6, 7-diisopropylpteridine (O/129) isolated from patients with enteritis in Ceara, Brazil
Yamakawa and Taira (1980) detected ornithine decarboxylase activity in B.
Lysine decarboxylase activity of nonflat sour spore bearers resembling bacillus coagulans
Arginine decarboxylase activity, but not ornithine decarboxylase, increased during water-deficit stress induced by various osmotica (Galston, 1989) or by withholding water (Flores and Galston, 1984b).
Effect of salinity on arginine biosynthesis in leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. and P. acutifolius A. Gray
DFMO is an irreversible inhibitor of an important oncogene, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC).
ILEX Oncology Completes Accrual to Phase III Pivotal Clinical Study of Eflornithine, DFMO, in Superficial Bladder Cancer
Pretreatment with the mango constituent time- and dose-dependently inhibited multiple 12-0-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-mediated increases in edema, hyperplasia, epidermal ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity, as well as protein expression of ODC, cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and nitric oxide synthase.
Cosmeceutical critique: Mango

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