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Seasonal Changes in the Tetrodotoxin Content of the Flatworm Planocera multitentaculata
Marine Drugs, 2017 Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin that acts specifically on voltage-gated sodium channels on excitable membranes of muscle and nerve tissues. The biosynthetic process for TTX is unclear, although marine bacteria are generally thought to be the ...
Shiro Itoi, Itoi Shiro, Sugita Haruo
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First Detection of Tetrodotoxins in the Cotylean Flatworm Prosthiostomum trilineatum
Marine Drugs, 2021 Several polyclad flatworm species are known to contain high levels of tetrodotoxin (TTX), but currently TTX-bearing flatworms seem to be restricted to specific Planocera lineages belonging to the suborder Acotylea.
Rei Suo +8 more
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The invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in France, the first record for Europe: time for action is now [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Non-indigenous terrestrial flatworms (Platyhelminthes) have been recorded in thirteen European countries. They include Bipalium kewense and Dolichoplana striata that are largely restricted to hothouses and may be regarded as non-invasive species.
Jean-Lou Justine +4 more
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Toxic Flatworm Egg Plates Serve as a Possible Source of Tetrodotoxin for Pufferfish
Toxins, 2019 The pufferfish Takifugu niphobles (at present Takifugu alboplumbeus) possesses highly concentrated tetrodotoxin (TTX), an extremely potent neurotoxin that provides effective protection from predators, at least at the larval stages. However, the source of
Taiki Okabe, Rei Suo, Haruo Sugita
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Atp8 is in the ground pattern of flatworm mitochondrial genomes
BMC Genomics, 2017 Background To date, mitochondrial genomes of more than one hundred flatworms (Platyhelminthes) have been sequenced. They show a high degree of similarity and a strong taxonomic bias towards parasitic lineages.
Bernhard Egger +2 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 We sequenced the complete mitogenome of the invasive flatworm Parakontikia ventrolineata (Platyhelminthes, order Tricladida, family Geoplanidae). The genome is 17,210 bp long, and displays common unusual characteristics shared with Platydemus manokwari ...
Romain Gastineau, Jean-Lou Justine
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International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2014 Pharmacological targeting of glutamate-gated chloride channels (GluCls) is a potent anthelmintic strategy, evidenced by macrocyclic lactones that eliminate numerous roundworm infections by activating roundworm GluCls.
Timothy Lynagh +3 more
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TTX-Bearing Planocerid Flatworm (Platyhelminthes: Acotylea) in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Marine Drugs, 2018 Polyclad flatworms comprise a highly diverse and cosmopolitan group of marine turbellarians. Although some species of the genera Planocera and Stylochoplana are known to be tetrodotoxin (TTX)-bearing, there are few new reports.
Shiro Itoi, Haruo Sugita, Itoi Shiro
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Tracking karyotype dynamics by flow cytometry reveals de novo chromosome duplications in laboratory cultures of Macrostomum lignano [PDF]
Biology OpenStijn Mouton +2 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Because parasites have an inextricable relationship with their host, they have the potential to serve as viral reservoirs or facilitate virus host shifts.
Nolwenn M. Dheilly +3 more
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