Isolation and characterization of a novel lepidopteran-selective toxin from the venom of South Indian red scorpion, Mesobuthus tamulus

BACKGROUND: Scorpion venom contains insect and mammal selective toxins. We investigated the venom of the South Indian red scorpion, Mesobuthus tamulus for the purpose of identifying potent insecticidal peptide toxins. RESULTS: A lepidopteran-selective toxin (Buthus tamulus insect toxin; ButaIT) has...

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Autores principales: Wudayagiri, Rajendra, Inceoglu, Bora, Herrmann, Rafael, Derbel, Maher, Choudary, Prabhakara V, Hammock, Bruce D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC64496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11782289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-2-16

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC64496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11782289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-2-16

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