Effects of trichothecene mycotoxins on eukaryotic cells: A review

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-378

  Rocha, O ^a   Ansari, K ^a   Doohan, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Deoxynivalenol (DON); Diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS); Fusarium; Mammalian; Plant; T 2 toxin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DIACETOXYSCIRPENOL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYCOTOXIN; NIVALENOL; T 2 TOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE; VOMITOXIN;

APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREAL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FOOD INTAKE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VOMITING; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; PLANTS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; TRICHOTHECENES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; MAMMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 19444365938     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500058403     Document Type: Review

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