The Toxins of Nemertean Worms

TTX-Bearing Planocerid Flatworm (Platyhelminthes: Acotylea) in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

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Marine natural products

(2018) John W. Blunt et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Peptide ion channel toxins from the bootlace worm, the longest animal on Earth

(2018) Erik Jacobsson et al.   Scientific Reports

Pseudocnidae of archinemerteans (nemertea, palaeonemertea) and their implications for nemertean systematics

(2018) Timur Yu Magarlamov et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

New Invasive Nemertean Species (Cephalothrix Simula) in England with High Levels of Tetrodotoxin and a Microbiome Linked to Toxin Metabolism

(2018) Andrew Turner et al.   Marine Drugs

Tetrodotoxin and its analogues profile in nemertean species from the sea of Japan

(2018) A.E. Vlasenko et al.   TOXICON

Nemertean taxonomy-Implementing changes in the higher ranks, dismissing Anopla and Enopla

(2018) Malin Strand et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Assessment of Neuronal Cell-Based Cytotoxicity of Neurotoxins from an Estuarine Nemertean in the Han River Estuary

(2017) Yeo Seon Kwon et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The taxonomic composition, characteristics, and neurotoxic activities of ribbon worm-associated bacteria from the Sea of Japan

(2017) D. I. Melnikova et al.   Russian Journal of Marine Biology

Tetrodotoxin-Producing Bacteria: Detection, Distribution and Migration of the Toxin in Aquatic Systems

(2017) Timur Magarlamov et al.   Toxins

Nemertean and phoronid genomes reveal lophotrochozoan evolution and the origin of bilaterian heads

(2017) Yi-Jyun Luo et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

The marine biodiscovery pipeline and ocean medicines of tomorrow

(2016) Marcel Jaspars et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

The Bacterial (Vibrio alginolyticus) Production of Tetrodotoxin in the Ribbon Worm Lineus longissimus—Just a False Positive?

(2016) Malin Strand et al.   Marine Drugs

Distribution of tetrodotoxin in the ribbon worm Lineus alborostratus (Takakura, 1898) (nemertea): Immunoelectron and immunofluorescence studies

(2016) Timur Yu Magarlamov et al.   TOXICON

Unravelling theLineus ruber/viridisspecies complex (Nemertea, Heteronemertea)

(2016) Daria Krämer et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Anti-predatory chemical defences in Antarctic benthic fauna

(2015) Juan Moles et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Marine natural products

(2015) John W. Blunt et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Recombinant expression and predicted structure of parborlysin, a cytolytic protein from the Antarctic heteronemertine Parborlasia corrugatus

(2015) Matej Butala et al.   TOXICON

First identification of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in the flatworm Stylochoplana sp.; a source of TTX for the sea slug Pleurobranchaea maculata

(2015) Lauren Salvitti et al.   TOXICON

Observations and Experiments on the Biology and Life History ofRiseriellus occultus(Heteronemertea: Lineidae)

(2015) Patrick Beckers et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

No Evidence for a Culturable Bacterial Tetrodotoxin Producer in Pleurobranchaea maculata (Gastropoda: Pleurobranchidae) and Stylochoplana sp. (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida)

(2015) Lauren Salvitti et al.   Toxins

An overview of FDA-approved new molecular entities: 1827–2013

(2014) Michael S. Kinch et al.   DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY

Nemertean Toxin Genes Revealed through Transcriptome Sequencing

(2014) Nathan V. Whelan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Characterization, identification, and screening for tetrodotoxin production by bacteria associated with the ribbon worm (Nemertea) Cephalotrix simula (Ivata, 1952)

(2014) I. A. Beleneva et al.   MICROBIOLOGY

A Transcriptomic Approach to Ribbon Worm Systematics (Nemertea): Resolving the Pilidiophora Problem

(2014) Sónia C. S. Andrade et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Comparative population genomics in animals uncovers the determinants of genetic diversity

(2014) J. Romiguier et al.   NATURE

Toxins and drug discovery

(2014) Alan L. Harvey   TOXICON

Tetrodotoxin-producing Bacillus sp. from the ribbon worm (Nemertea) Cephalothrix simula (Iwata, 1952)

(2014) Timur Yu Magarlamov et al.   TOXICON

Tetrodotoxin: Chemistry, Toxicity, Source, Distribution and Detection

(2014) Vaishali Bane et al.   Toxins

Poisons, toxungens, and venoms: redefining and classifying toxic biological secretions and the organisms that employ them

(2013) David R. Nelsen et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Taxonomic Identity of a Tetrodotoxin-Accumulating Ribbon-wormCephalothrix simula(Nemertea: Palaeonemertea): A Species Artificially Introduced from the Pacific to Europe

(2013) Hiroshi Kajihara et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Highly Toxic Ribbon Worm Cephalothrix simula Containing Tetrodotoxin in Hiroshima Bay, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

(2013) Manabu Asakawa et al.   Toxins

Comparative description of ten transcriptomes of newly sequenced invertebrates and efficiency estimation of genomic sampling in non-model taxa

(2012) Ana Riesgo et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

3-(2,4-Dimethoxybenzylidene)-anabaseine: A promising candidate drug for Alzheimer's disease?

(2012) Philippe Zawieja et al.   Geriatrics & Gerontology International

Characterization, phylogenetic analysis and cDNA cloning of natterin-like gene from the blood of lamprey, Lampetra japonica

(2012) Zhuang Xue et al.   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) as a Therapeutic Agent for Pain

(2012) Francisco Rafael Nieto et al.   Marine Drugs

The molecular mystique of tetrodotoxin

(2012) Edward G. Moczydlowski   TOXICON

On the origins and biosynthesis of tetrodotoxin

(2011) Rocky Chau et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Disentangling ribbon worm relationships: multi-locus analysis supports traditional classification of the phylum Nemertea

(2011) Sónia C. S. Andrade et al.   CLADISTICS

Neurotoxins and Their Binding Areas on Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

(2011) Marijke Stevens et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Value and management of the subsistence fishery at Knysna Estuary, South Africa

(2009) V R Napier et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Synthesis and Spectroscopic Comparison of the Eight Methyl-2,3’-bipyridyls and Identification of a Hoplonemertine Alkaloid as 3-Methyl-2,3’-bipyridyl

(2009) William R. Kem et al.   HETEROCYCLES

The MACPF/CDC family of pore-forming toxins

(2008) Carlos J. Rosado et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Drug development from marine natural products

(2008) Tadeusz F. Molinski et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Purification and molecular cloning of SE-cephalotoxin, a novel proteinaceous toxin from the posterior salivary gland of cuttlefish Sepia esculenta

(2008) Atsushi Ueda et al.   TOXICON