Confirmation and Distribution of Tetrodotoxin for the First Time in Terrestrial Invertebrates: Two Terrestrial Flatworm Species (Bipalium adventitium and Bipalium kewense)

N. Stokes, Amber; K. Ducey, Peter; A. Neuman‐Lee, Lorin; T. Hanifin, Charles; S. French, Susannah; E. Pfrender, Michael; D. Brodie, Edmund; D. Brodie, Edmund

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100718

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Confirmation and Distribution of Tetrodotoxin for the First Time in Terrestrial Invertebrates: Two Terrestrial Flatworm Species (Bipalium adventitium and Bipalium kewense)

Published in PLoS ONE • Jun 25, 2014

Authors:

Amber N. Stokes

Peter K. Ducey

Lorin A. Neuman‐Lee

Abstract

The potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) is known from a diverse array of taxa, but is unknown in terrestrial invertebrates. Tetrodotoxin is a low molecular weight compound that acts by blocking voltage-gated sodium channels, inducing paralysis. However, the origins and ecological functions of TTX i...

Subject

Flatworm

Tetrodotoxin

Invertebrate

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