Assembling an arsenal, the scorpion way
Assembling an arsenal, the scorpion way
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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For survival, scorpions depend on a wide array of short neurotoxic polypeptides. The venoms of scorpions from the most studied group, the Buthida, are a rich source of small, 23-78 amino acid-long peptides, well packed by either three or four disulfide bridges that affect ion channel function in excitable and non-excitable cells.
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Assembling an arsenal, the scorpion way
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_381f9ce91d014a7986b1f8f49a32bfe1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_381f9ce91d014a7986b1f8f49a32bfe1
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1471-2148
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1471-2148
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10.1186/1471-2148-8-333
