BMAA Inhibits Nitrogen Fixation in the Cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. PCC 7120
Cyanobacteria produce a range of secondary metabolites, one being the neurotoxic non-protein amino acid β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), proposed to be a causative agent of human neurodegeneration. As for most cyanotoxins, the function of BMAA in cyanobacteria is unknown. Here, we examined the effe...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3766884/ |