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Characterization of Four Medically Important Toxins from Centruroides huichol Scorpion Venom and Its Neutralization by a Single Recombinant Antibody Fragment

Toxins, 2022
Centruroides huichol scorpion venom is lethal to mammals. Analysis of the venom allowed the characterization of four lethal toxins named Chui2, Chui3, Chui4, and Chui5.
Hugo Valencia-Martínez, T. Olamendi-Portugal, R. Restano-Cassulini, H. Serrano-Posada, F. Zamudio, L. Possani, L. Riaño-Umbarila, B. Becerril   +7 more
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Accident caused by Centruroides testaceus (DeGeer, 1778) (Scorpiones, Buthidae), native to the Caribbean, in Brazilian airport

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
Describes the case of a 6-year-old girl who was stung by a Centruroides testaceus, a scorpion native to the Lesser Antilles, in the Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil, as she disembarked from a flight coming from the Caribbean.
Ricardo Antônio Lobo, Paulo André Margonari Goldoni, Cláudio Augusto Ribeiro de Souza, Carlos Roberto de Medeiros   +3 more
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Homeosis in a scorpion supports a telopodal origin of pectines and components of the book lungs [PDF]

, 2018
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give ...
AD Chipman, AJ Jeram, C Kamenz, C Mattoni, D David, DA Legg, DR Angelini, EN Kjellesvig-Waering, G Kühl, G Scholtz, GA Boxshall, Gregory D. Edgecombe, J Waddington, JA Dunlop, JC Hombría, JT Hjelle, M Poschmann, MR Graham, PP Sharma, PP Sharma, PP Sharma, Prashant P. Sharma, R Teruel, RD Farley, RD Farley, RD Farley, RD Farley, RD Farley, RD Farley, RF Ayrey, S Khadjeh, W Galvis, WD Sissom, WG Damen, Zhiyong Di   +34 more
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A biodistribution study of Hemiscorpius lepturus scorpion venom and available polyclonal antivenom in rats [PDF]

, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the biodistribution profile of the venom of Hemiscorpius lepturus, the most dangerous scorpion in Iran.
Babaee, MH, Jalali, A, Pipelzadeh, MH, Rezaee, S, Seyedian, Ramin   +4 more
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The effect of microhabitat use on the foraging and diet of the striped bark scorpion, Centruroides vittatus (Buthidae: Scorpiones) in blackbrush habitat of south Texas

The journal of arachnology, 2022
. Microhabitat use by predators can be influenced by prey availability, predator size and risk of cannibalism. The preferred microhabitat for a predator can be for foraging, feeding or as a refuge. In this study in south Texas, Centruroides vittatus (Say,
C. McReynolds
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Una especie nueva de alacrán del género Centruroides de importancia médica (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del estado de Guerrero, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2013
Se describe Centruroides villegasi sp. nov. del municipio de Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, que es la novena especie de Centruroides registrada para el estado. Se compara con C.
José Guadalupe Baldazo Monsivaiz, Javier Ponce Saavedra, Miguel Flores Moreno   +2 more
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Subdivision of arthropod cap-n-collar expression domains is restricted to Mandibulata [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The monophyly of Mandibulata - the division of arthropods uniting pancrustaceans and myriapods - is consistent with several morphological characters, such as the presence of sensory appendages called antennae and the eponymous biting ...
Extavour, Cassandra G, Gupta, Tripti, Schwager, Evelyn E, Sharma, Prashant P, Wheeler, Ward C   +4 more
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Contrasting patterns of venom regeneration in a centipede (Scolopendra viridis) and a scorpion (Centruroides hentzi).

Toxicon, 2022
As biochemical traits with clear fitness consequences, venoms serve a critical ecological role for the animals that produce them. Understanding how venoms are maintained and regenerated after use will, therefore, provide valuable insight into the ecology
G. Nystrom, Lucy G. Fry, S. A. Ellsworth, D. Rokyta   +3 more
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Predation in nature by a scorpion-hunter, Stenorrhina freminvillei (Serpentes, Colubridae)

Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2012
Los contenidos estomacales confirman que, en la naturaleza, Stenorrhina freminvillei consume escorpiones relativamente pequeños, iniciando por la parte cefálica. PALABRAS CLAVE Serpentes, Stenorrhina, escorpión, Centruroides, depredación, veneno.
Alejandro Solórzano, Harry W. Greene
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Identification and Characterization of Novel Proteins from Arizona Bark Scorpion Venom That Inhibit Nav1.8, a Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Regulator of Pain Signaling

Toxins, 2021
The voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.8 is linked to neuropathic and inflammatory pain, highlighting the potential to serve as a drug target. However, the biophysical mechanisms that regulate Nav1.8 activation and inactivation gating are not completely ...
Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Yucheng Xiao, Jake Kline, Harold Gridley, Alyse Heaston, Klaus D. Linse, Micaiah J. Ward, Darin R. Rokyta, James D. Stockand, Theodore R. Cummins, Luca Fornelli, Ashlee H. Rowe   +11 more
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