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Seasonal Changes in the Tetrodotoxin Content of the Flatworm Planocera multitentaculata
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin that acts specifically on voltage-gated sodium channels on excitable membranes of muscle and nerve tissues. The biosynthetic process for TTX is unclear, although marine bacteria are generally thought to be the primary producers. The marine flatworm Planocera...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367013/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28245608 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md15030056 |