Microalgal metabolites

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 236-243

  Shimizu, Yuzuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILLATOXIN; APLYSIATOXIN; AZASPIRACID; BATRACHOTOXIN; BREVETOXIN; CURACIN A; ETHER; GONYAUTOXIN; GYMNOCIN A; KALKITOXIN; LYNGBYATOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; POLYKETIDE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATOR; SAXITOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL AFFECTING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TOXIN; TUMOR PROMOTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ANABAENA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA; METABOLITE; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PFIESTERIA; REVIEW; TOXICITY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA; MICROCYSTIS; NOSTOC; PFIESTERIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0037589952     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(03)00064-X     Document Type: Review

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