An overview on the marine neurotoxin, saxitoxin: Genetics, moleculartargets, methods of detection and ecological functions

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 991-1018

  Cusick, Kathleen D ^a   Sayler, Gary S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper transporter; Ion channels; Neurotoxin; Paralytic shellfish toxin; Phytoplankton; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARBAMIC ACID; DECARBAMOYLSAXITOXIN; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SAXITOXIN; SEA WATER; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIVALVE; CELL TYPE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEIN TARGETING; PUFFER FISH; REVIEW; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BIVALVIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 84877004348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11040991     Document Type: Review

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