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Neurotoxin

neurotoxin

(Science: protein) A substance, often exquisitely toxic, that inhibits neuronal function. Neurotoxins act typically against the sodium channel (e.g. TTX) or block or enhance synaptic transmission (curare, bungarotoxin).


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... gives a very good resolution but gels are long and complicated to prepare, expensive and use plenty of nasty chemicals (acrylamide is a neurotoxin). Or you can just buy ready-cast :lol: If you can afford it. Or if they fit your needs... But even agarose exist ready cast now... and some ...

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by canalon
Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:59 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: more information Acrilamide vs agarose
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... gives a very good resolution but gels are long and complicated to prepare, expensive and use plenty of nasty chemicals (acrylamide is a neurotoxin). Or you can just buy ready-cast :lol:

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by MrMistery
Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:02 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: more information Acrilamide vs agarose
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more information Acrilamide vs agarose

... gives a very good resolution but gels are long and complicated to prepare, expensive and use plenty of nasty chemicals (acrylamide is a neurotoxin). -Agarose is not as discrimant, but is good enough to discriminate samples with 20bp or more difference (depending on the size), easy to ...

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by canalon
Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:51 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: more information Acrilamide vs agarose
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botox=botulinum?

it's fugu/puffer fish/pocupined fish, producing a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin which is a very potent toxin to human and inducing paralyzes, also it's very stable to heat.

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by victor
Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:06 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: botox=botulinum?
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Most venomous animal

... as sea-wasp. This jellyfish has many blisters (20 000 aproximately) on its surface which contain between 1.5 and 4 ml of poison. The poison is a neurotoxin (its LD50 is about 20 mg/kg so with only 1.4 mg of poison, this animal could kill an adult person) which affects the nervous system (producing ...

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by Enzyme
Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:32 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Most venomous animal
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