Identification of the Gene sxtA (Domains sxtA1 and sxtA4) in Mexican Strains of Gymnodinium catenatum (Dinophyceae) and Their Evolution

Saxitoxin (STX) and its analogs are a broad group of natural neurotoxic alkaloids, commonly known as paralytic shellfish toxins. SxtA is the initial gene in the biosynthesis of saxitoxin. It has been proposed that the genes for STX biosynthesis had a bacterial origin and were acquired in the dinofla...

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Principais autores:	Armando Mendoza-Flores, Ignacio Leyva-Valencia, Christine J. Band-Schmidt, Clara E. Galindo-Sánchez, José J. Bustillos-Guzmán
Format:	Artigo
Jezik:	Inglês
Izdano:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Serija:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Teme:	dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum horizontal gene transfer paralytic shellfish toxins gene copy number
Online dostop:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00289/full
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