Comparative Cellular Toxicity of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Microcystins on Caco-2 Cells

Microcystins (MC), cyanobacterial peptide hepatotoxins, comprise more than 100 different variants. They are rather polar molecules but some variants contain hydrophobic amino acid residues in the highly variable parts of the molecule. In MC-LF and MC-LW, the more hydrophobic phenylalanine (F) and tr...

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Main Authors: Jussi A. O. Meriluoto, Julia O. Misiorek, Diana M. Toivola, Lisa E. M. Spoof, Pia S. M. Vesterkvist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-10-01
Series:Toxins
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/4/11/1008