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BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 77, Issue 1, Pages 208-212Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.120701
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Takifugu rubripes; tetrodotoxin; toxin-binding protein; (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23580282] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Four genes of Takifugu rubripes, tentatively designated Tr1-Tr4, encoding homologs of pufferfish saxitoxin- and tetrodotoxin-binding protein, were identified by BLAST search and 3'-RACE. RT-PCR and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry allowed the identification and discrimination of Tr isoforms from the non-toxically cultured specimens. The expression of Tr1 and Tr3 mRNAs exclusively in the liver and the presence of their products as 120-kDa plasma proteins were confirmed.
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