Variability of tetrodotoxin and of its analogues in the red-spotted newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)

Toxicon

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-264

  Yotsu Yamashita, Mari ^a   Gilhen, John ^b   Russell, Ronald W ^c   Krysko, Kenneth L ^d   Melaun, Christian ^e,h   Kurz, Alexander ^g   Kauferstein, Silke ^g   Kordis, Dusan ^f   Mebs, Dietrich ^e,g  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nova Scotia Museum   (Canada)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^f JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 epitetrodotoxin; Newt; Notophthalmus viridescens; Phylogeny; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTETRODOTOXIN; 6 EPITETRODOTOXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MARINE TOXIN; RNA 16S; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIONT; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA; FLORIDA; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; NOVA SCOTIA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TETRODOTOXIN; VIRGINIA;

AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 84855226761     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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