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Production of the Neurotoxin BMAA by a Marine Cyanobacterium

Diverse species of cyanobacteria have recently been discovered to produce the neurotoxic non-protein amino acid β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA). In Guam, BMAA has been studied as a possible environmental toxin in the diets of indigenous Chamorro people known to have high levels of Amyotrophic Lateral...

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Autores principales: Banack, Sandra Anne, Johnson, Holly E., Cheng, Ran, Cox, Paul Alan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2365698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18463731