Uptake of a cyanotoxin, β-N-methylamino-l-alanine, by wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-131

  Contardo Jara, Valeska ^a   Schwanemann, Torsten ^a   Pflugmacher, Stephan ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial neurotoxin; Protein association; Triticum aestivum; Up take; N methylamino l alanine

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; SEEDLING; TOXIN; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SHOOT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

CYANOBACTERIAL NEUROTOXIN; PROTEIN-ASSOCIATION; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UP-TAKE; Β-N-METHYLAMINO-L-ALANINE;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SEEDLING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRITICUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896604140     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.01.039     Document Type: Article

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