"Scorpion Venoms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Venoms from animals of the order Scorpionida of the class Arachnida. They contain neuro- and hemotoxins, enzymes, and various other factors that may release acetylcholine and catecholamines from nerve endings. Of the several protein toxins that have been characterized, most are immunogenic.
| Descriptor ID |
D012604
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.888.065.830 D23.946.833.065.830
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| Concept/Terms |
Scorpion Venoms- Scorpion Venoms
- Venoms, Scorpion
- Scorpion Venom
- Venom, Scorpion
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scorpion Venoms" by people in Profiles.
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Bergeron ZL, Bingham JP. Scorpion toxins specific for potassium (K+) channels: a historical overview of peptide bioengineering. Toxins (Basel). 2012 Nov 01; 4(11):1082-119.
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Karbat I, Ilan N, Zhang JZ, Cohen L, Kahn R, Benveniste M, Scheuer T, Catterall WA, Gordon D, Gurevitz M. Partial agonist and antagonist activities of a mutant scorpion beta-toxin on sodium channels. J Biol Chem. 2010 Oct 01; 285(40):30531-8.
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Bingham JP, Chun JB, Ruzicka MR, Li QX, Tan ZY, Kaulin YA, Englebretsen DR, Moczydlowski EG. Synthesis of an iberiotoxin derivative by chemical ligation: a method for improved yields of cysteine-rich scorpion toxin peptides. Peptides. 2009 Jun; 30(6):1049-57.
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Cohen L, Troub Y, Turkov M, Gilles N, Ilan N, Benveniste M, Gordon D, Gurevitz M. Mammalian skeletal muscle voltage-gated sodium channels are affected by scorpion depressant "insect-selective" toxins when preconditioned. Mol Pharmacol. 2007 Nov; 72(5):1220-7.
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Cohen L, Karbat I, Gilles N, Ilan N, Benveniste M, Gordon D, Gurevitz M. Common features in the functional surface of scorpion beta-toxins and elements that confer specificity for insect and mammalian voltage-gated sodium channels. J Biol Chem. 2005 Feb 11; 280(6):5045-53.
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Gordon D, Ilan N, Zilberberg N, Gilles N, Urbach D, Cohen L, Karbat I, Froy O, Gaathon A, Kallen RG, Benveniste M, Gurevitz M. An 'Old World' scorpion beta-toxin that recognizes both insect and mammalian sodium channels. Eur J Biochem. 2003 Jun; 270(12):2663-70.