Biologically Active Substance
spermine Audio
sper·mine [ spur-meen, -min ]
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Definitions related to spermine:
  • A biogenic polyamine formed from spermidine. It is found in a wide variety of organisms and tissues and is an essential growth factor in some bacteria. It is found as a polycation at all pH values. Spermine is associated with nucleic acids, particularly in viruses, and is thought to stabilize the helical structure.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A polyamine that has a similar structure to tetradecane but the carbons at positions 1, 5, 10 and 14 are replaced by nitrogens. Spermine plays a broad role in cellular metabolic processes.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Biogenic polyamine formed from spermidine, found in a wide variety of organisms and tissues and an essential growth factor in some bacteria; it is associated with nucleic acids, particularly in viruses, and is thought to stabilize the helical structure.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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