Scorpions

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Mapping the interaction surface of scorpion β-toxins with an insect sodium channel. 
  • Structure, function, and assembly in the hemocyanin system of the scorpion, Androctonus australis. 
  • Substitutions in the domain III voltage-sensing module enhance the sensitivity of an insect sodium channel to a scorpion beta-toxin. 
  • The differential preference of scorpion alpha-toxins for insect or mammalian sodium channels: implications for improved insect control. 
  • The insecticidal potential of scorpion beta-toxins.