The first gene-encoded amphibian toxin isolated

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 06:35 in Biology & Nature

Researchers in China have discovered the first protein-based toxin in an amphibian - a 60 amino acid neurotoxin found in the skin of a Chinese tree frog. This finding may help shed more light into both the evolution of amphibians and the evolution of poison...

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