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Current Status of the Polyamine Research Field

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Polyamines

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 720))

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This chapter provides an overview of the polyamine field and introduces the 32 other chapters that make up this volume. These chapters provide a wide range of methods, advice, and background relevant to studies of the function of polyamines, the regulation of their content, their role in disease, and the therapeutic potential of drugs targeting polyamine content and function. The methodology provided in this new volume will enable laboratories already working in this area to expand their experimental techniques and facilitate the entry of additional workers into this rapidly expanding field.

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Research in the authors’ laboratories on polyamines has been supported by NIH (CA-018138 and GM-26290 to AEP; CA-51085 and CA-98454 to RAC) and by grants from Komen for the Cure KG08923, and the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (to RAC).

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Pegg, A.E., Casero, R.A. (2011). Current Status of the Polyamine Research Field. In: Pegg, A., Casero, Jr., R. (eds) Polyamines. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 720. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-034-8_1

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