 Microcystins
"Microcystins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cyclic heptapeptides found in MICROCYSTIS and other CYANOBACTERIA. Hepatotoxic and carcinogenic effects have been noted. They are sometimes called cyanotoxins, which should not be confused with chemicals containing a cyano group (CN) which are toxic.
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D052998
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.447 D12.644.641.447
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| 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microcystins" by people in Profiles.
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Rankin KA, Alroy KA, Kudela RM, Oates SC, Murray MJ, Miller MA. Treatment of cyanobacterial (microcystin) toxicosis using oral cholestyramine: case report of a dog from Montana. Toxins (Basel). 2013 Jun; 5(6):1051-63.
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Miller MA, Kudela RM, Mekebri A, Crane D, Oates SC, Tinker MT, Staedler M, Miller WA, Toy-Choutka S, Dominik C, Hardin D, Langlois G, Murray M, Ward K, Jessup DA. Evidence for a novel marine harmful algal bloom: cyanotoxin (microcystin) transfer from land to sea otters. PLoS One. 2010 Sep 10; 5(9).
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Conradt B, Shaw J, Vida T, Emr S, Wickner W. In vitro reactions of vacuole inheritance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Biol. 1992 Dec; 119(6):1469-79.
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