Morphological and ultrastructural effects of microcystin-LR from Microcystis aeruginosa extract on a kidney cell line

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-294

  Alverca, E ^a   Andrade, M ^a   Dias, E ^a,b   Sam Bento, F ^a   Batoreu M C C ^b   Jordan, P ^a   Silva, M J ^a   Pereira, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Fluorescence microscopy; Microcystin LR; TEM; Vero cells

Indexed keywords

MICROCYSTIN LR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; KIDNEY CELL; LYSOSOME; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MITOCHONDRION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KIDNEY; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; VERO CELLS;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 67649414226     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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