Colorimetric protein phosphatase inhibition assay of laboratory strains and natural blooms of cyanobacteria: Comparisons with high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis for microcystins

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 465-473

  Ward, Clive J ^a   Beattie, Kenneth A ^a   Lee, Ernest Y C ^b   Codd, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; High performance liquid chromatography; Microcystin; Protein phosphatase

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORIMETRY; CYANOBACTERIA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; METHANOL; MICROCYSTINS; NITROPHENOLS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVENTS;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030814677     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00290-5     Document Type: Article

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