"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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scorpion Venoms" by people in Profiles.
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Nav channel binder containing a specific conjugation-site based on a low toxicity ß-scorpion toxin. Sci Rep. 2017 11 27; 7(1):16329.
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Mapping of voltage sensor positions in resting and inactivated mammalian sodium channels by LRET. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 03 07; 114(10):E1857-E1865.
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Elucidation of the Covalent and Tertiary Structures of Biologically Active Ts3 Toxin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 07 18; 55(30):8639-42.
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Total chemical synthesis of biologically active fluorescent dye-labeled Ts1 toxin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2014 Aug 18; 53(34):8970-4.
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Total chemical synthesis and X-ray structure of kaliotoxin by racemic protein crystallography. Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Nov 21; 46(43):8174-6.
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A designer ligand specific for Kv1.3 channels from a scorpion neurotoxin-based library. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 29; 106(52):22211-6.
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X-ray structure of native scorpion toxin BmBKTx1 by racemic protein crystallography using direct methods. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Feb 04; 131(4):1362-3.
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Alpha-scorpion toxin impairs a conformational change that leads to fast inactivation of muscle sodium channels. J Gen Physiol. 2008 Aug; 132(2):251-63.
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beta-Scorpion toxin modifies gating transitions in all four voltage sensors of the sodium channel. J Gen Physiol. 2007 Sep; 130(3):257-68.
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Tumor paint: a chlorotoxin:Cy5.5 bioconjugate for intraoperative visualization of cancer foci. Cancer Res. 2007 Jul 15; 67(14):6882-8.