Discovery of Nuclear-Encoded Genes for the Neurotoxin Saxitoxin in Dinoflagellates

Saxitoxin is a potent neurotoxin that occurs in aquatic environments worldwide. Ingestion of vector species can lead to paralytic shellfish poisoning, a severe human illness that may lead to paralysis and death. In freshwaters, the toxin is produced by prokaryotic cyanobacteria; in marine waters, it...

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Autores principales: Stüken, Anke, Orr, Russell J. S., Kellmann, Ralf, Murray, Shauna A., Neilan, Brett A., Jakobsen, Kjetill S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21625593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020096

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21625593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020096

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