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Molecular Cloning and Functional Identification of the Antimicrobial Peptide Gene Ctri9594 from the Venom of the Scorpion Chaerilus tricostatus

Antibiotics, 2021
Scorpion venom is a mixture of bioactive peptides, among which neurotoxins and antimicrobial peptides serve especially vital functions. Scorpion venom peptides in Buthidae species have been well described, but toxic peptides from non-Buthidae species ...
Dangui He, Zhijian Cao, Ruhong Zhang, Wenhua Li   +3 more
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Evidencias morfológicas y moleculares que validan como especie a Centruroides tecomanus (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2009
SE PRESENTAN EVIDENCIAS MORFOLÓGICAS Y MOLECULARES PARA RECONOCER A CENTRUROIDES LIMPIDUS TECOMANUS HOFFMANN (SCORPIONES: BUTHIDAE) COMO ESPECIE VÁLIDA Y NO COMO UNA SUBESPECIE DE CENTRUROIDES LIMPIDUS (KARSCH). SE DIAGNOSTICA LA ESPECIE.
ÓSCAR F. FRANCKE B., JAVIER PONCE SAAVEDRA, ERASTO HERNÁNDEZ CALDERÓN, HORACIO CANO CAMACHO   +3 more
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Description of a New Species of Androctonus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Jordan

Zoodiversity
A new scorpion species, Androctonus ammoneus sp. n., is described and illustrated from Zarqa Province, Jordan. Previous reports classified several Androctonus populations in Jordan as A. crassicauda. However, a comparative analysis with the neotype of A.
E. A. Yağmur, M. Al-Saraireh, B. Abu Afifeh   +2 more
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Lista anotada de los escorpiones (Arachnida: Scorpiones) de la Española (República Dominicana y Haití)

Novitates Caribaea, 2016
Se listan los escorpiones de La Española (República Dominicana y Haití) conocidos hasta ahora: tres familias (Buthidae, Hormuridae y Scorpionidae), ocho géneros, 46 especies vivientes y cuatro especies fósiles.
Gabriel de los Santos, Luis F. de Armas, Rolando Teruel   +2 more
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Molecular analysis of the mitochondrial markers COI, 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA for six species of Iranian scorpions

BMC Research Notes, 2021
Objectives Annually, 1.2 million humans are stung by scorpions and severely affected by their venom. Some of the scorpion species of medical importance have a similar morphology to species with low toxicity.
Parisa Soltan-Alinejad, Javad Rafinejad, Farrokh Dabiri, Piero Onorati, Olle Terenius, Ali Reza Chavshin   +5 more
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First record of Tityus trivittatus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in La Pampa province, Argentina

Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2021
The sanitary important scorpion species Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin (Scorpiones: Buthidae) is reported for the first time from General Pico, La Pampa province. Specimens examined in this work were obtained in domiciliary environments.
J. Martínez, M. Bruni, Andrés A. Ojanguren Affilastro   +2 more
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Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones): Annotated checklist, DELTA database and identification key [PDF]

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2020
An updated checklist of the scorpiofauna of Iran is presented. The checklist is based on records of scorpion species which their presence have been confirmed in Iran through field expeditions, examination of scorpion collections, literature review, and ...
Hossein Barahoei, Shahrokh Navidpour, Mansour Aliabadian, Roohollah Siahsarvie, Omid Mirshamsi   +4 more
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Electrophysiological Characterization of the Venom and Toxins from the Scorpion Tityus championi Targeting Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels and Molecular Modeling of Tch3, a Toxin with Therapeutic Potential for Pain Relief

Biomolecules
Scorpion neurotoxins are small peptides that target ion channels and offer opportunities for novel therapeutic discovery. This study analyzed the functional effects of the venom and toxins from the Costa Rican endemic scorpion, Tityus championi ...
Galit Akerman-Sánchez, Steve Peigneur, Kathleen Carleer, Natalia Ortiz, Felipe Navia, Leonardo Fierro, Santiago Castaño, Cecilia Díaz, Jan Tytgat, Oscar Brenes   +9 more
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The genus Microananteris Lourenço, 2003 in French Guiana (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Zoosystema, 2021
Two new humicolous micro-buthid species belonging to the genus Microananteris Lourenço, 2003 are described from French Guiana. The descriptions are based on two adult specimens collected in organic soil with the use of extraction by the Berlese method ...
W. Lourenço
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Biology, venom composition, and scorpionism induced by brazilian scorpion Tityus stigmurus (Thorell, 1876) (Scorpiones: Buthidae): A mini-review.

Toxicon, 2020
Scorpionism is a serious public health problem in various regions of the world. In Brazil, a high number of accidents by scorpions have been reported. From 2014 to 2018, about 547,000 cases were recorded, resulting in 466 deaths.
A. A. Furtado, Alessandra Daniele da Silva, Arnóbio Antônio da Silva-Júnior, Matheus de Freitas Fernandes-Pedrosa   +3 more
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