Marine toxins as research tools

• Other Authors: Fusetani, Nobuhiro
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: Chemistry and Materials Science ; Marine toxins.; 615.94
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/29963
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

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...