Confirmation and distribution of tetrodotoxin for the first time in terrestrial invertebrates: two terrestrial flatworm species (Bipalium adventitium and Bipalium kewense).

The potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) is known from a diverse array of taxa, but is unknown in terrestrial invertebrates. Tetrodotoxin is a low molecular weight compound that acts by blocking voltage-gated sodium channels, inducing paralysis. However, the origins and ecological functions of TTX i...

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Autores principales: Amber N Stokes, Peter K Ducey, Lorin Neuman-Lee, Charles T Hanifin, Susannah S French, Michael E Pfrender, Edmund D Brodie
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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