The cyanobacterial toxin, microcystin-LR, can induce apoptosis in a variety of cell types

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1981-1996

  McDermott, C M ^a   Nho, C W ^a   Howard, W ^a   Holton, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOGINOSIN LR; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; OKADAIC ACID; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; MALE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYANOBACTERIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; MICROCYSTINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032400774     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00128-7     Document Type: Article

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