Immunoenzymatic visualization of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in Cephalothrix species (Nemertea: Anopla: Palaeonemertea: Cephalotrichidae) and Planocera reticulata (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Polycladida: Planoceridae)

Toxicon

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 515-520

  Tanu, Mohosena Begum ^a   Mahmud, Yahia ^a   Arakawa, Osamu ^a   Takatani, Tomohiro ^a   Kajihara, Hiroshi ^b   Kawatsu, Kentaro ^c   Hamano, Yonekazu ^c   Asakawa, Manabu ^d   Miyazawa, Keisuke ^d   Noguchi, Tamao ^e  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Invertebrates; Micro distribution; Monoclonal antibody; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRANULAR CELL; HERMAPHRODITISM; INTESTINE; INVERTEBRATE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MARINE TOXINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OVARY; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TETRODOTOXIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURBELLARIA;

ANOPLA; CEPHALOTHRIX; INVERTEBRATA; NEMERTEA; PLANOCERA; PLANOCERA RETICULATA; PLANOCERIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 4644265453     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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