"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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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microcystins" by people in Profiles.
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Kloeker S, Reed R, McConnell JL, Chang D, Tran K, Westphal RS, Law BK, Colbran RJ, Kamoun M, Campbell KS, Wadzinski BE. Parallel purification of three catalytic subunits of the protein serine/threonine phosphatase 2A family (PP2A(C), PP4(C), and PP6(C)) and analysis of the interaction of PP2A(C) with alpha4 protein. Protein Expr Purif. 2003 Sep; 31(1):19-33.
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Reinhart PH, Levitan IB. Kinase and phosphatase activities intimately associated with a reconstituted calcium-dependent potassium channel. J Neurosci. 1995 Jun; 15(6):4572-9.