The seasonality and role of the neurotoxin tetramine in the salivary glands of the red whelk Neptunea antiqua (L.)

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Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 419-425

  Power, A J ^a,b   Keegan, B F ^a   Nolan, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neptunea antiqua; Neurotoxin; Predation; Seasonality; Tetramine

Indexed keywords

AMINE; NEUROTOXIN; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SAMPLING; SEA; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MOLLUSK VENOMS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEASONS; SNAILS;

BIVALVIA; BUCCINIDAE; MOLLUSCA; NEPTUNEA; NEPTUNEA ANTIQUA;

EID: 0036135063     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00211-2     Document Type: Article

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