Origin of Saxitoxin Biosynthetic Genes in Cyanobacteria

BACKGROUND: Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a potentially fatal syndrome associated with the consumption of shellfish that have accumulated saxitoxin (STX). STX is produced by microscopic marine dinoflagellate algae. Little is known about the origin and spread of saxitoxin genes in these unde...

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Autores principales: Moustafa, Ahmed, Loram, Jeannette E., Hackett, Jeremiah D., Anderson, Donald M., Plumley, F. Gerald, Bhattacharya, Debashish
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19484122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005758

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19484122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005758

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