Mutual Binding Inhibition of Tetrodotoxin and Saxitoxin to Their Binding Protein from the Plasma of the Puffer Fish, Fugu pardalis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2520-2524

  Yotsu Yamashita, Mari ^a   Shoji, Yuki ^a   Terakawa, Takahiro ^a   Yamada, Shunichi ^a   Miyazawa, Teruo ^a   Yasumoto, Takeshi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binding protein; Mutual inhibition; Puffer fish; Saxitoxin; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU PARDALIS; TETRAODONTIDAE;

PLASMA PROTEIN; SAXITOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BLOOD; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PROTEIN BINDING; SAXITOXIN; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 1842852881     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2520     Document Type: Article

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