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Toxin-resistant sodium channels: parallel adaptive evolution across a complete gene family.

Branchial arch muscle innervation by the glossopharyngeal (IX) and vagal (X) nerves in tetraodontiformes, with special reference to muscle homologies.

Characterization, expression and evolution analysis of Toll-like receptor 1 gene in pufferfish (Tetraodon nigroviridis).

Pharmacokinetics of tetrodotoxin in puffer fish Takifugu rubripes by a single administration technique.

Claudin-3 tight junction proteins in Tetraodon nigroviridis: cloning, tissue-specific expression, and a role in hydromineral balance.

Cloning of a river pufferfish (Takifugu obscurus) metallothionein cDNA and study of its induction profile in cadmium-exposed fish.

Genomic, evolutionary, and expression analyses of cee, an ancient gene involved in normal growth and development

Quantitative analysis of toxin extracts from various tissues of wild and cultured puffer fish by an electrophysiological method.

Two critical residues in p-loop regions of puffer fish Na+ channels on TTX sensitivity.

Evidence of self-correcting spiral flows in swimming boxfishes.

Purification and characterization of recombinant pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) leptin.

Investigation of loss and gain of introns in the compact genomes of pufferfishes (Fugu and Tetraodon).

Occurrence of paralytic shellfish toxins in Cambodian Mekong pufferfish Tetraodon turgidus: selective toxin accumulation in the skin.

A new genus and species of mesoparasitic ergasilid (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from brackish water pufferfishes collected in northern Australian waters.

Purification, characterization and N-terminal sequences alignment of a mannose specific protein purified from Potca fish, Tetraodon patoca.

Isolation of halotolerant Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis from intestinal tract of coastal fish.

Chryseobacterium arothri sp. nov., isolated from the kidneys of a pufferfish.

Double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase PKR of fishes and amphibians: varying the number of double-stranded RNA binding domains and lineage-specific duplications.

A new perspective on phylogeny and evolution of tetraodontiform fishes (Pisces: Acanthopterygii) based on whole mitochondrial genome sequences: basal ecological diversification?

Evolutionary patterns and selective pressures of odorant/pheromone receptor gene families in teleost fishes.