title: Morphological Changes in Insect BM-N4 Cells Induced by Nocardamine.
abstract: Nocardamine, a kind of siderophore, was isolated as an inducer of morphological changes in the insect cells, BM-N4. It changed the morphology of the cells from round to an unusual spindle shape. This activity of nocardamine was inhibited by adding the ferric ion.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakuda
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: b Department of Science and Technology, Teikyo University.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
keywords: BM-N4; ferric ion; morphological change; nocardamine; siderophore