An inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase in the thymus and spleen of dexamethasone-treated rats
The activity of ornithine decarboxylase, the rate-determining enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis, decreases markedly in rat thymus and spleen soon after the injection of rats with dexamethasone. This study shows that as early as 2 1/2 hours after hormone treatment, when enzyme activity is very low, an...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24549 |