Liver tumor promotion by the cyanobacterial cyclic peptide toxin microcystin-LR

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 420-424

  Nishiwaki Matsushima, Rie ^a   Ohta, Tetsuya ^a   Nishiwaki, Shinji ^a   Suganuma, Masami ^a   Kohyama, Kiyomi ^b   Ishikawa, Takatoshi ^c   Carmichael, Wayne W ^d   Fujiki, Hirota ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcystin; Protein phosphatase; Tumor promoter

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMAL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CYANOBACTERIA; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHENOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0026751750     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01629424     Document Type: Article

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