"Saxitoxin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound that contains a reduced purine ring system but is not biosynthetically related to the purine alkaloids. It is a poison found in certain edible mollusks at certain times; elaborated by GONYAULAX and consumed by mollusks, fishes, etc. without ill effects. It is neurotoxic and causes RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS and other effects in MAMMALS, known as paralytic SHELLFISH poisoning.
| Descriptor ID |
D012530
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.759.794 D23.946.580.830
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| Concept/Terms |
Saxitoxin- Saxitoxin
- Saxitonin
- Gonyaulax Toxin
- Toxin, Gonyaulax
- Mitilotoxin
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Saxitoxin" by people in Profiles.
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Specific neosaxitoxin interactions with the Na+ channel outer vestibule determined by mutant cycle analysis. Biophys J. 2001 Feb; 80(2):698-706.
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Lidocaine alters activation gating of cardiac Na channels. Pflugers Arch. 2000 Apr; 439(6):814-21.
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Differences in saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin binding revealed by mutagenesis of the Na+ channel outer vestibule. Biophys J. 1998 Dec; 75(6):2647-57.
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The guanidinium toxin binding site on the sodium channel. Jpn Heart J. 1996 Sep; 37(5):683-92.
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Cardiac sodium channels expressed in a peripheral neurotumor-derived cell line, RT4-B8. Am J Physiol. 1996 May; 270(5 Pt 1):C1522-31.
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A mu-conotoxin-insensitive Na+ channel mutant: possible localization of a binding site at the outer vestibule. Biophys J. 1995 Nov; 69(5):1657-65.
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A structural model of the tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin binding site of the Na+ channel. Biophys J. 1994 Jan; 66(1):1-13.
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Kinetic effects of quaternary lidocaine block of cardiac sodium channels: a gating current study. J Gen Physiol. 1994 Jan; 103(1):19-43.
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Effect of external Ca2+ concentration on stretch-augmented natriuretic peptide secretion by rat atria. Am J Physiol. 1991 Apr; 260(4 Pt 1):C756-62.
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Gating currents associated with Na channels in canine cardiac Purkinje cells. J Gen Physiol. 1990 Mar; 95(3):439-57.