Marine Toxins as Research Tools
Marine organisms produce a wide array of toxins, many of which are not only structurally unusual, but also show potent and interesting modes of action. Since the discovery of tetrodotoxin, a pufferfish toxin, as a potent and selective blocker of Na+ channels in 1964, it has been widely used as a res...
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Format: | Electronic |
Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2009.
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Series: | Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology,
46 |
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Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87895-7 |