First identification of the neurotoxin homoanatoxin-a from mats of Hydrocoleum lyngbyaceum (marine cyanobacterium) possibly linked to giant clam poisoning in New Caledonia

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 829-835

  Méjean, Annick ^a,b,c   Peyraud Thomas, Caroline ^a   Kerbrat, Anne Sophie ^d,e   Golubic, Stjepko ^f   Pauillac, Serge ^g   Chinain, Mireille ^h   Laurent, Dominique ^d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^h INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Anatoxin a; Homoanatoxin a; Hydrocoleum spp.; Marine cyanobacteria; Seafood poisoning

Indexed keywords

HOMOANATOXIN A; NEUROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CIGUATERA; CLAM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD POISONING; HYDROCOLEUM LYNGBYACEUM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BIVALVIA; CIGUATERA POISONING; CYANOBACTERIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW CALEDONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BIVALVIA; CIGUATERA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYDROCOLEUM; HYDROCOLEUM LYNGBYACEUM; TRIDACNA MAXIMA;

EID: 77954239052     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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