TOPIC #8: FUNGI - FSU Biology

It is exquisitely toxic—the LD50 for mice is 2 mg/kg, which means that about 1/35th the mass of a U.S. five cent coin would probably kill an average man. Conjugated with fluorescent moieties, phalloidin is used to “stain” actin in histological samples. The use of natural toxic substances as biological tools is a common theme in research. ................
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