Document of bibliographic reference 289081
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- Type
- Bibliographic resource
- Type of document
- Book/Monograph
- Type of document
- Summary
- BibLvlCode
- M
- Title
- α-Nemertides, a novel family of marine peptide neurotoxins from ribbon worms
- Abstract
- Ribbon worms (nemerteans) are marine predators, which capture their prey using a proboscis containing a mixture of toxins which brings on rapid paralysis. We have discovered a novel family of peptides (a-nemertides), of which one causes death in green crabs and targets invertebrate voltage-gated sodium channels at low nanomolar concentrations, suggesting a role as drug lead for novel insecticidal and anti-parasitic agents.
- Bibliographic citation
- Tytgat, J. (2017). α-Nemertides, a novel family of marine peptide neurotoxins from ribbon worms. KULeuven: Leuven.
- Topic
- Marine
- Access rights
- open access
- Is accessible for free
- true