"Ciguatoxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Polycyclic ethers produced by Gambierdiscus (DINOFLAGELLATES) from gambiertoxins, which are ingested by fish which in turn may be ingested by humans who are susceptible to the CIGUATERA POISONING.
| Descriptor ID |
D002922
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.355.291.205 D23.946.580.160
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ciguatoxins" by people in Profiles.
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Gambierol and n-alkanols inhibit Shaker Kv channel via distinct binding sites outside the K(+) pore. Toxicon. 2016 Sep 15; 120:57-60.
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Voltage-sensor conformation shapes the intra-membrane drug binding site that determines gambierol affinity in Kv channels. Neuropharmacology. 2016 08; 107:160-167.
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The ladder-shaped polyether toxin gambierol anchors the gating machinery of Kv3.1 channels in the resting state. J Gen Physiol. 2013 Mar; 141(3):359-69.
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A polyether biotoxin binding site on the lipid-exposed face of the pore domain of Kv channels revealed by the marine toxin gambierol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jun 16; 106(24):9896-901.