N-beta-methylamino-L-alanine : a non-protein amino acid incorporated into protein
N-β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) is a naturally-occurring toxin produced in cyanobacteria that has been linked to neurological degeneration. Efforts to study and quantify BMAA in the environment are hampered by two biologically-occurring isomers, N-(2- aminoethyl)glycine (AEG) and 2,4-diaminobutyric...
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University of British Columbia
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50730 |