Mitochondrial aconitase and citrate metabolism in malignant and nonmalignant human prostate tissues

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In prostate cancer, normal citrate-producing glandular secretory epithelial cells undergo a metabolic transformation to malignant citrate-oxidizing cells. m-Aconitase is the critical step involved in this altered citrate metabolism t...

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Main Authors: Franklin Renty B, Desouki Mohamed M, Singh Keshav K, Costello Leslie C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-04-01
Series:Molecular Cancer
Online Access:http://www.molecular-cancer.com/content/5/1/14