Discovery of nuclear-encoded genes for the neurotoxin saxitoxin in dinoflagellates.

Saxitoxin is a potent neurotoxin that occurs in aquatic environments worldwide. Ingestion of vector species can lead to paralytic shellfish poisoning, a severe human illness that may lead to paralysis and death. In freshwaters, the toxin is produced by prokaryotic cyanobacteria; in marine waters, it...

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Auteurs principaux: Anke Stüken, Russell J S Orr, Ralf Kellmann, Shauna A Murray, Brett A Neilan, Kjetill S Jakobsen
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Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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