Diverse taxa of cyanobacteria produce β-N-methylamino-L-alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5074-5078

  Cox, Paul Alan ^a   Banack, Sandra Anne ^b   Murch, Susan J ^a   Rasmussen, Ulla ^c   Tien, Georgia ^d   Bidigare, Robert Richard ^d   Metcalf, James S ^e   Morrison, Louise F ^e   Codd, Geoffrey A ^e   Bergman, Birgitta ^c  

^a NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis parkinsonism dementia complex; Biomagnification; Neurotoxin; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID; CYANOGINOSIN; CYANOTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; NODULARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; NEUROTOXINS; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 20144388052     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0501526102     Document Type: Article

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