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Jungmann D, Ludwichowski KU, Faltin V, Benndorf J. A Field Study to Investigate Environmental Factors that Could Effect Microcystin Synthesis of a Microcystis Population in the Bautzen Reservoir. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19960810402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Highly Toxic Microcystis aeruginosa Strain, Isolated from São Paulo—Brazil, Produce Hepatotoxins and Paralytic Shellfish Poison Neurotoxins. Neurotox Res 2010; 19:389-402. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-010-9177-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2009] [Revised: 03/18/2010] [Accepted: 03/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Tooming-Klunderud A, Rohrlack T, Shalchian-Tabrizi K, Kristensen T, Jakobsen KS. Structural analysis of a non-ribosomal halogenated cyclic peptide and its putative operon from Microcystis: implications for evolution of cyanopeptolins. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2007; 153:1382-1393. [PMID: 17464052 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/001123-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The structure of the major peptide produced by Microcystis cf. wesenbergii NIVA-CYA 172/5, the halogenated heptapeptide cyanopeptolin-984, was determined using LC/MS/MS. A gene cluster encoding a peptide synthetase putatively producing a cyanopeptolin was cloned from the same strain and sequenced. The cluster consists of four genes encoding peptide synthetases and one gene encoding a halogenase. Two additional ORFs transcribed in the opposite direction were found in the 5' flanking sequence; one of these encodes an ABC transporter. The overall organization of the cyanopeptolin synthetase operon (mcn) resembles a previously analysed anabaenopeptilide synthetase operon (apd) from Anabaena strain 90. Phylogenetic analyses of the individual domains from Mcn, Apd and other cyanobacterial peptide synthetases showed clustering of the adenylation domains according to function irrespective of operon origin - indicating strong functional constraints across peptide synthetases. In contrast, the condensation and thiolation domains to a large extent grouped according to operon affiliation or position in the respective operons. Phylogenetic analyses of condensation domains indicated that N-terminal domains and domains that condense L-amino acids and D-amino acids, respectively, form three separate groups. Although recombination events are likely to be involved in the evolution of mcn, no clear evidence of genetic recombination between the two cyanopeptolin gene clusters was found. Within the genus Microcystis, microcystin and cyanopeptolin synthetases have an evolutionary history of genomic coexistence. However, the data indicated that the two classes of peptide synthetase gene clusters have evolved independently.
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MESH Headings
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- Anabaena/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Chromatography, Liquid
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Order
- Mass Spectrometry
- Microcystis/genetics
- Microcystis/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Structure
- Multigene Family
- Oligopeptides/biosynthesis
- Oligopeptides/chemistry
- Oligopeptides/genetics
- Open Reading Frames
- Operon
- Oxidoreductases/genetics
- Peptide Synthases/genetics
- Peptides, Cyclic/biosynthesis
- Peptides, Cyclic/chemistry
- Peptides, Cyclic/genetics
- Phylogeny
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- NIVA, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, 0411 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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Boaru DA, Dragoş N, Welker M, Bauer A, Nicoară A, Schirmer K. Toxic potential of microcystin-containing cyanobacterial extracts from three Romanian freshwaters. Toxicon 2006; 47:925-32. [PMID: 16626775 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2005] [Revised: 02/24/2006] [Accepted: 02/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The aim of this study was to characterise for the first time the toxin profile and in vivo/in vitro toxicological effects of cyanobacteria obtained from three Romanian freshwater blooms. Two strains of Microcystis aeruginosa were isolated from blooms occurring in different fish ponds. As well, a complex bloom sample obtained from a recreational lake area and dominated by Microcystis aeruginosa and Microcystis viridis was explored. The morphological identity of the cyanobacterial species could be confirmed by sequence analysis of the intergenic spacer region of the phycocyanin operon, PC-IGS. As well, both the strains and the field sample were confirmed to possess mcyA and mcyB genes, which correlated with the formation of several microcystins (MCYSTs). A number of cyanopeptolins and a new aeruginosin were also found. Despite these mixtures of compounds, in vivo as well as in vitro toxicological responses resembled those previously found for MCYST-LR. These include strong hepatotoxicity in mice with parenchymal disintegration and the emergence of haemorrhagic centres, a lack of responsiveness of human and fish cell lines most likely due to a lack of active transport systems, and a significant subcellular damage most prominent on the level of the lysosomes in primary hepatocytes of mice and rainbow trout. We thus conclude that the formation of blooms in the Romanian fish ponds and the recreational area may impact on animal and human health. A broader survey of cyanotoxin occurrence and related toxicity is necessary in Romania in order to assess the extent of this animal and human health hazard.
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- Daniela Alina Boaru
- Department of Cell Toxicology, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle in the Helmholtz Association, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Neumann U, Forchert A, Flury T, Weckesser J. Microginin FR1, a linear peptide from a water bloom of Microcystis species. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12612.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Barco M, Lawton LA, Rivera J, Caixach J. Optimization of intracellular microcystin extraction for their subsequent analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2005; 1074:23-30. [PMID: 15941035 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.03.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Microcystins are a family of heptapeptide hepatotoxins produced by some genera of cyanobacteria. These toxins have been responsible for the illness and death of both animals and humans. Due to their hazard to human health, extraction of all intracellular microcystin variants is required to characterize and quantify all microcystins present in a sample. To date, there is little work reported comparing results obtained with different extraction methods. Findings reported to date indicate that selection of solvent will vary depending on sample and its microcystin contents. In the present work, a wide range of extraction volumes and solvents were evaluated over a range of pH and extraction times in order to optimize a suitable method for the extraction of a wide range of microcystins. The number of extractions required was also studied. This study was carried out using mainly two laboratory cultures which contain microcystin variants with quite different hydrophobicities. This is the first time that the most commonly used solvents for intracellular microcystin extraction have been studied in detail.
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- Mónica Barco
- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Ecotechnologies, IIQAB-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034-Barcelona, Spain
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Iteman I, Rippka R, Tandeau de Marsac N, Herdman M. rDNA analyses of planktonic heterocystous cyanobacteria, including members of the genera Anabaenopsis and Cyanospira. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2002; 148:481-496. [PMID: 11832512 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-2-481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The taxonomic coherence and phylogenetic relationships of 11 planktonic heterocystous cyanobacterial isolates were examined by investigating two areas of the rRNA operon, the 16S rRNA gene (rrnS) and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) located between the 16S rRNA and 23S rRNA genes. The rrnS sequences were determined for five strains, including representatives of Anabaena flos-aquae, Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, Nodularia sp. and two alkaliphilic planktonic members of the genera Anabaenopsis and Cyanospira, whose phylogenetic position was previously unknown. Comparison of the data with those previously published for individual groups of planktonic heterocystous cyanobacteria showed that, with the exception of members assigned to the genus Cylindrospermopsis, all the planktonic strains form a distinct subclade within the monophyletic clade of heterocystous cyanobacteria. Within this subclade five different phylogenetic clusters were distinguished. The phylogenetic groupings of Anabaena and Aphanizomenon strains within three of these clusters were not always consistent with their generic or specific assignments based on classical morphological definitions, and the high degree of sequence similarity between strains of Anabaenopsis and Cyanospira suggests that they may be assignable to a single genus. Ribotyping and additional studies performed on PCR amplicons of the 16S rDNA or the ITS for the 11 planktonic heterocystous strains demonstrated that they all contain multiple rrn operons and ITS regions of variable size. Finally, evidence is provided for intra-genomic sequence heterogeneity of the 16S rRNA genes within most of the individual isolates.
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- Isabelle Iteman
- Unité des Cyanobactéries (CNRS URA 2172), Département de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France1
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- Unité des Cyanobactéries (CNRS URA 2172), Département de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France1
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- Unité des Cyanobactéries (CNRS URA 2172), Département de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France1
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- Unité des Cyanobactéries (CNRS URA 2172), Département de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France1
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Microcystins are an increasingly important group of bioactive compounds produced by a number of mainly planktonic cyanobacteria. They are a family of cyclic heptapeptides that cause both acute and chronic toxicity. Purified microcystins are utilised in a range of research applications including toxicological and biochemical studies, development of detection systems and the investigation of water treatment strategies. The commercial availability of purified microcystins is still relatively limited and for many projects the cost of their purchase prohibitive. The purification of microcystins from both bloom material and laboratory cultures is reviewed including a discussion on extraction, separation, and the determination of purity and yield.
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- L A Lawton
- School of Applied Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
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Chapter 11B Toxins of freshwater cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-7192(00)80063-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Mittenbühler K, Loleit M, Baier W, Fischer B, Sedelmeier E, Jung G, Winkelmann G, Jacobi C, Weckesser J, Erhard MH, Hofmann A, Bessler W, Hoffmann P. Drug specific antibodies: T-cell epitope-lipopeptide conjugates are potent adjuvants for small antigens in vivo and in vitro. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1997; 19:277-87. [PMID: 9439766 DOI: 10.1016/s0192-0561(97)00069-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To generate conventional or monoclonal antibodies for the serological detection of drugs, antibiotics, toxins and other low molecular mass substances, a suitable and effective adjuvant is needed. Lipopeptides derived from a major component of the bacterial cell wall constitute potent nontoxic and nonpyrogenic immunoadjuvants when mixed with conventional antigens. Here we demonstrate that the synthetic lipopeptide N-palmitoyl-S-[2,3-bis(palmitoyloxy)-(2R,S)-propyl]-(R)-cysteinyl- serine (P3CS) coupled to a Th-cell epitope (P3CS-Th) can efficiently enhance the specific immune response against low molecular weight compounds in different species. In the presence of the synthetic lipopeptide P3CS-Th, the peptides which are per se non-immunogenic stimulated a specific humoral immune response in mice after intraperitoneal application. Mixtures containing adjuvants without the Th sequence showed no significant antibody induction. A marked enhancement of the humoral immune response was obtained with the low molecular mass antigens Iturin AL, Herbicolin A and Microcystin (MLR) coupled to poly-l-lysin (MLR-PLL), in rabbits and in chickens. Lipopeptide-Th cell epitope conjugates also constituted adjuvants for the in vitro immunization of either human mononuclear cells or mouse B-cells with MLR-PLL; after fusion of the immunized cultures with the heteromyeloma cell lines CB-F7 or the mouse myeloma cell line SP 2/0, respectively, we observed a significantly increased yield of antibody secreting hybridomas.
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- K Mittenbühler
- Institut für Immunbiologie der Universität, Freiburg, Germany
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Tencalla F, Dietrich D. Biochemical characterization of microcystin toxicity in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Toxicon 1997; 35:583-95. [PMID: 9133713 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-0101(96)00153-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The kinetics and biochemical effects of microcystins in rainbow trout were studied with freeze-dried toxic cells of Microcystis aeruginosa, strain PCC 7806. Following in vivo exposure the changes in liver histology were observed over a 72 hr period and the absorption of microcystins from the gastrointestinal tract into the blood and liver, as well as the inhibition of hepatic protein phosphatase 1 and 2A activities, were recorded using the protein phosphatase inhibition assay. The interaction between microcystins and trout liver phosphatases was further tested in vitro using the protein phosphatase inhibition assay. The in vivo experiments demonstrated a high organotropy of microcystins for the liver, where rapid and total inhibition of protein phosphatase 1 and 2A activity was observed. Maximal inhibition of phosphatases was observed 3 hr after gavage. At that time-point, approximately 63% of the toxin present in the liver was refractive to detection via the phosphatase inhibition assay and therefore most likely covalently bound to cellular proteins. The inhibition of hepatic protein phosphatases 1 and 2A proved to be transient only, as a progressive increase in phosphatase activity was observed beginning 12 hr after gavage of the fish, reaching approximately 50% of the control activity at 72 hr. In contrast, liver damage continued to progress despite this renewed protein phosphatase activity.
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- F Tencalla
- Institute of Toxicology, Federal Institute of Technology, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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Hoffmann P, Jiménez-Diaz M, Weckesser J, Bessler WG. Murine bone marrow-derived macrophages constitute feeder cells for human B cell hybridomas. J Immunol Methods 1996; 196:85-91. [PMID: 8841446 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00121-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM), a homogeneous cell population easily obtainable in large quantities and at reproducible quality by in vitro differentiation, were used as feeder cells for human B cell hybridomas after fusion or during recloning. We used as antigens for the in vitro immunization of human B lymphocytes from peripheral blood as well as from tonsils: (i) synthetic peptides representing immunogenic sequences of gp160 and Nef of HIV-1, coupled to the lipopeptide carrier N-palmitoyl-S-[2,3-bis(palmitoyloxy)-(2 RS)-propyl]-(R)-cysteinyl(-seryl-seryl) (P3 CSS-[gp160(303-329)] and P3C-nef24), (ii) the toxins saxitoxin and microcystin, coupled to BSA (BSA-STX and BSA-MCYST). After fusion with the mouse-human heteromyeloma CB-F7, we could demonstrate that BMDM exert a strong growth supporting effect on post-fusion cultures, resulting in 81.6% versus 23.6% growth-positive wells for P3C-nef24, and 100% versus 71.2% growth-positive wells for BSA-STX stimulated cells in cultures with and without BMDM, respectively. Furthermore, clones in wells with BMDM grew much more rapidly, resulting in 24.3% versus 3.6%, 98.1% versus 42.2% and 56.7% versus 6.7% of cultures ready for screening 2 weeks after fusion of P3C-nef24, P3CSS-[gp160(303-329)], and BSA-STX stimulated lymphocytes, respectively. Apart from their effect on cell growth, murine BMDM also increased the percentage of immunoglobulin (Ig)-producing cultures after fusion, as shown for BSA-STX stimulated lymphocytes (47.8% versus 6.7%), as well as the percentage of cultures producing specific antibodies, as demonstrated with BSA-MCYST activated cells (42% versus 10%). Finally, recloning efficiencies of two human B cell hybridomas (E 10 and F 2) were raised profoundly by BMDM, resulting in 100% versus 64.2% and 90.9% versus 44.2% growth-positive wells after recloning on a ten cells/well level. As murine BMDM can also be stored in liquid nitrogen without loss of activity, they constitute ideal feeder cells for the establishment of human B cell hybridomas.
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- P Hoffmann
- Institut für Immunbiologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Occurrence of toxic water blooms containing microcystins in a German lake over a three year period. Syst Appl Microbiol 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(96)80051-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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McDermott CM, Feola R, Plude J. Detection of cyanobacterial toxins (microcystins) in waters of northeastern Wisconsin by a new immunoassay technique. Toxicon 1995; 33:1433-42. [PMID: 8744983 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00095-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The development of reliable, sensitive immunoassay techniques for detection of microcystins in water is becoming increasingly important. We have developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) potentially able to detect microcystins at concentrations as low as 95 pg microcystin/ml water. The procedure uses antibodies extracted from the eggs of immunized chickens, eliminating the need to collect blood from laboratory rabbits. The antibody is able to recognize microcystin-LR, and -RR, and may recognize other forms of microcystin. The newly developed ELISA technique was utilized to measure the amount of microcystin in waters of northeastern Wisconsin. Of the water samples analyzed, 87% contained measurable amounts of microcystin (0.2-200 ng/ml). Organisms of the genus Microcystis were identified most frequently from microcystin-containing waters. The distribution of microcystin-producing cyanobacterial strains was apparently random throughout the sampling area.
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- C M McDermott
- Department of Biology and Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh 54901, USA
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Isolation, purification, and characterization of newDaphnia-toxic compound from axenicMicrocystis flos-aquae strain PCC7806. J Chem Ecol 1995; 21:1665-76. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02033668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/1995] [Accepted: 07/07/1995] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cremer J, Henning K. Application of reversed-phase medium-pressure liquid chromatography to the isolation, separation and amino acid analysis of two closely related peptide toxins of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa strain PCC 7806. J Chromatogr A 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(91)85199-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cremer J, Meyer H, Henning K. Separation of methylated and non-methylated cyanoginosin-LR homologues of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa strain PCC 7806 by reversed-phase medium-pressure liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(91)80010-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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