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Curses or Cures: A Review of the Numerous Benefits Versus the Biosecurity Concerns of Conotoxin Research
Conotoxins form a diverse group of peptide toxins found in the venom of predatory marine cone snails. Decades of conotoxin research have provided numerous measurable scientific and societal benefits. These include their use as a drug, diagnostic agent, drug leads, and research tools in neuroscience,...
Autores principales: | Bjørn-Yoshimoto, Walden E., Ramiro, Iris Bea L., Yandell, Mark, McIntosh, J. Michael, Olivera, Baldomero M., Ellgaard, Lars, Safavi-Hemami, Helena |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7460000/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32708023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines8080235 |
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