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Marine and Freshwater Toxins pp 405–419Cite as

Toxins Produced by Marine Invertebrate and Vertebrate Animals: A Short Review

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Polypeptide and low molecular weight toxins are widely found in marine invertebrates and vertebrates. These dangerous toxins cause painful and sometimes lethal stings. Due to their properties, some are of interest for application in medicine and as excellent biochemical tools in nerve-conduction studies and the discovery of new molecular targets for pharmacology.

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  1. G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia

    Valentin A. Stonik

  2. A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia

    Inna V. Stonik

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  1. Dept of Anatomy, Natl Univ of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    P. Gopalakrishnakone

  2. Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

    Vidal Haddad Jr.

  3. Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Aurelia Tubaro

  4. College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea (Republic of)

    Euikyung Kim

  5. College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    William R. Kem

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Stonik, V.A., Stonik, I.V. (2016). Toxins Produced by Marine Invertebrate and Vertebrate Animals: A Short Review. In: Gopalakrishnakone, P., Haddad Jr., V., Tubaro, A., Kim, E., Kem, W. (eds) Marine and Freshwater Toxins. Toxinology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6419-4_5

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