Diatoms: A Novel Source for the Neurotoxin BMAA in Aquatic Environments

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease is a neurological disorder linked to environmental exposure to a non-protein amino acid, β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA). The only organisms reported to be BMAA-producing, are cyanobacteria – prokaryotic organisms. In this study, we demons...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Liying, Eriksson, Johan, Lage, Sandra, Jonasson, Sara, Shams, Shiva, Mehine, Martin, Ilag, Leopold L., Rasmussen, Ulla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24392143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084578

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24392143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084578

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