Marine Toxins as Research Tools

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fusetani, Nobuhiro (Editor), Kem, William (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, 46
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Pharmacology.; Biotechnology.; Environmental engineering.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

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...