Cyanotoxin

Cyanotoxin

Toxin produced by Cyanobacteria, sometimes called bluegreen algae.

Note: Examples are microcystin and cylindrospermin.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Biology; Chemistry
Category: Toxicology
Company: National Library of Medicine
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

cyanotoxin

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A toxin produced by cyanobacteria that has been implicated in human and animal illness and death. Cyanotoxins can accumulate in animals such as fishes and shellfish, and cause ...

cyanotoxin

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Toxin produced by Cyanobacteria, sometimes called bluegreen algae. Note: Examples are microcystin and cylindrospermin.

recycling of waste

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Process or method allowing for the recovery of some value from a waste, either as re-usable material or as energy.

translation

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Process through which a polypeptide chain of amino acid molecules is generated as directed by the sequence of a particular messenger RNA sequence.

post-translational modification

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Processes by which proteins are biochemically modified within a cell following their synthesis in the ribosomes.

splicing

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Processes through which introns are removed from a messenger RNA prior to translation and the exons joined.

sympathomimetic

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

adrenergic

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: Entertainment Category: Movies

The Flowers of War

A war film about the life and death of a group of girls caught in the middle of gunfires in Nanjing during the Japanese invasion of China in 1937. ...