title: Polyamines and their role in human disease--an introduction.
abstract: The naturally occurring polyamines are found in all living cells, where they fulfil a number of critical functions in relation to cell growth. The quest to identify these functions has been the subject of five independent colloquia hosted by the Biochemical Society and today still occupies several hundred scientists across Europe, the U.S.A. and Japan.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine & Therapeutics and Biomedical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland, U.K. h.m.wallace@abdn.ac.uk
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D015317:Biogenic Polyamines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D015317:Biogenic Polyamines; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents