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| Title |
Characterisation of the paralytic shellfish toxin biosynthesis gene clusters in Anabaena circinalis AWQC131C and Aphanizomenon sp. NH-5
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| Published in |
BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, March 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2091-10-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Troco K Mihali, Ralf Kellmann, Brett A Neilan |
| Abstract |
Saxitoxin and its analogues collectively known as the paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are neurotoxic alkaloids and are the cause of the syndrome named paralytic shellfish poisoning. PSTs are produced by a unique biosynthetic pathway, which involves reactions that are rare in microbial metabolic pathways. Nevertheless, distantly related organisms such as dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria appear to produce these toxins using the same pathway. Hypothesised explanations for such an unusual phylogenetic distribution of this shared uncommon metabolic pathway, include a polyphyletic origin, an involvement of symbiotic bacteria, and horizontal gene transfer. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 141 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 135 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 35 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 25 | 18% |
| Unknown | 19 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 49 | 35% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 18 | 13% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 12% |
| Environmental Science | 15 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Unknown | 26 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 January 2014.
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#5,559,757
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#138
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#21,408
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#4
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,254 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its peers.
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