A Novel Phospholipase A2 Isolated from Palythoa caribaeorum Possesses Neurotoxic Activity
A Novel Phospholipase A2 Isolated from Palythoa caribaeorum Possesses Neurotoxic Activity
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Cuevas-Cruz, Miguel , Lazcano-Pérez, Fernando , Hernández-Guzmán, Ulises , Díaz de la Vega-Castañeda, Karen Helena , Román-González, Sergio A. , Valdez-Cruz, Norma A. , Velasco-Bejarano, Benjamín , Colín-González, Ana Laura , Santamaría, Abel , Gómez-Manzo, Saúl , Marcial-Quino, Jaime and Arreguín-Espinosa, Roberto
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Switzerland: MDPI AG
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Switzerland: MDPI AG
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Zoanthids of the genus Palythoa are distributed worldwide in shallow waters around coral reefs. Like all cnidarians, they possess nematocysts that contain a large diversity of toxins that paralyze their prey. This work was aimed at isolating and functionally characterizing a cnidarian neurotoxic phospholipase named A2-PLTX-Pcb1a for the first time....
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A Novel Phospholipase A2 Isolated from Palythoa caribaeorum Possesses Neurotoxic Activity
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_f98bad80da0244a19fb480856a07844a
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_f98bad80da0244a19fb480856a07844a
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2072-6651
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2072-6651
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10.3390/toxins11020089
