Here, we monitor the effects of ectopic overexpression of genes for pea asparagine synthetase (AS1) in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). The AS genes of pea and tobacco are normally expressed ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 59, No. 6 (2008), pp. 1279-1294 (16 pages) A cDNA clone, designated as PvNAS2, encoding asparagine amidotransferase (asparagine synthetase) was isolated from ...

In common with certain other lymphoid neoplasms, cells of the human lymphocytic leukemia lines 1873 and 1929 are asparagine (ASN) auxotrophs. Asparagine synthetase (ASY), which is a housekeeping gene, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Calaspargase contains an ...

The deficiency of asparagine synthetase, which is found in meat, eggs and dairy products, caused by rare genetic disorder affects development of the brain. Since Asparagine is naturally produced by ...

This news release is available in French. Asparagine, found in foods such as meat, eggs, and dairy products, was until now considered non-essential because it is produced naturally by the body.

To prevent the spread of breast cancer, it may help to limit dietary asparagine, an amino acid found in many foods of animal and plant origin—including, yes, asparagus. But since asparagine may be ...

A protein building block found in asparagus and other foods may hold a key to preventing the spread of an often-deadly type of breast cancer, according to Cedars-Sinai scientists in a new study ...

Of all the drugs that physicians now use to treat various forms of cancer, by far the most promising is the enzyme “L”-asparaginase. It is the first that has been found to deprive some types of cancer ...

Are you eschewing asparagus because of recent headlines suggesting that it raises your cancer risk? Some recent research suggested that foods which contain high levels of asparagine, an amino acid, ...