Bufo marinus
"Bufo marinus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of the true toads, Bufonidae, becoming fairly common in the southern United States and almost pantropical. The secretions from the skin glands of this species are very toxic to animals.
| Descriptor ID |
D002024
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.090.180.210.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Bufo marinus- Bufo marinus
- Toad, Marine
- Marine Toad
- Marine Toads
- Toads, Marine
- Rhinella marina
- Toad, Giant
- Giant Toad
- Giant Toads
- Toads, Giant
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bufo marinus" by people in Profiles.
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Dores RM, Gieseker K, Steveson TC. The posttranslational modification of beta-endorphin in the intermediate pituitary of the toad, Bufo marinus, includes processing at a monobasic cleavage site. Peptides. 1994; 15(8):1497-504.
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Gieseker KE, Dores RM. The isolation and characterization of the major form of N-acetylated beta-endorphin from the intermediate pituitary of the toad, Bufo marinus. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 May 31; 680:530-2.
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Scheid CR, Webster RO, Henson PM, Findlay SR. Direct effect of complement factor C5a on the contractile state of isolated smooth muscle cells. J Immunol. 1983 May; 130(5):1997-9.
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Hoffmann M, Kappler JW. Regulation of the immune response. II. Qualitative and quantitative differences between thymus- and bone marrow-derived lymphocytes in the recognition of antigen. J Exp Med. 1973 Mar 01; 137(3):721-39.