Transcriptome profiling of the posterior salivary glands of the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis from the Portuguese West coast

Cephalopods like octopuses and cuttlefishes are known to secrete a ‘toxic saliva’ to inject into their prey, especially crustaceans since the XIX century. However, only in the mid-XX century were the first coleoid-specific toxins successfully isolated. Motivated by the growing interest on the global...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Cátia Gonçalves, Inês Moutinho Cabral, António P. Alves de Matos, Ana R. Grosso, Pedro M. Costa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-06-01
Subjects:	toxins bioactives cephalotoxins cephalopoda coleoidea marine biotechnology
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1362824/full