The natural non-protein amino acid N-β-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) is incorporated into protein during synthesis

Non-protein amino acids and neurodegeneration: The enemy within

(2013) Kenneth J. Rodgers   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Quality Measures of Imaging Mass Spectrometry Aids in Revealing Long-term Striatal Protein Changes Induced by Neonatal Exposure to the Cyanobacterial Toxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA)

(2013) Oskar Karlsson et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

The Non-Protein Amino Acid BMAA Is Misincorporated into Human Proteins in Place of l-Serine Causing Protein Misfolding and Aggregation

(2013) Rachael Anne Dunlop et al.   PLoS One

Dietary BMAA Exposure in an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Cluster from Southern France

(2013) Estelle Masseret et al.   PLoS One

Linking β-methylamino-l-alanine exposure to sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Annapolis, MD

(2013) Nicholas C. Field et al.   TOXICON

Is exposure to cyanobacteria an environmental risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases?

(2013) Walter G. Bradley et al.   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Selection of tRNA charging quality control mechanisms that increase mistranslation of the genetic code

(2012) Srujana S. Yadavalli et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Non-protein amino acids in plant defense against insect herbivores: Representative cases and opportunities for further functional analysis

(2011) Tengfang Huang et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Distinguishing the cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) from other diamino acids

(2011) S.A. Banack et al.   TOXICON

Why do proteins use selenocysteine instead of cysteine?

(2010) Thomas Nauser et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs

(2010) Larry E. Brand et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure

(2010) S. Jonasson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple neurotoxic items in the Chamorro diet link BMAA with ALS/PDC

(2009) Sandra Anne Banack et al.   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Human Diseases: Introducing the D2 Concept

(2008) Vladimir N. Uversky et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics