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| Title |
Origin of Saxitoxin Biosynthetic Genes in Cyanobacteria
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005758 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ahmed Moustafa, Jeannette E. Loram, Jeremiah D. Hackett, Donald M. Anderson, F. Gerald Plumley, Debashish Bhattacharya |
| Abstract |
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a potentially fatal syndrome associated with the consumption of shellfish that have accumulated saxitoxin (STX). STX is produced by microscopic marine dinoflagellate algae. Little is known about the origin and spread of saxitoxin genes in these under-studied eukaryotes. Fortuitously, some freshwater cyanobacteria also produce STX, providing an ideal model for studying its biosynthesis. Here we focus on saxitoxin-producing cyanobacteria and their non-toxic sisters to elucidate the origin of genes involved in the putative STX biosynthetic pathway. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 177 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 2 | 1% |
| Egypt | 2 | 1% |
| Chile | 2 | 1% |
| France | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| French Polynesia | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 162 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 40 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 41 | 23% |
| Unknown | 18 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 89 | 50% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 14 | 8% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 5% |
| Unknown | 27 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
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