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Mass fingerprinting of toxic fractions from the venom of the Indian red scorpion, Mesobuthus tamulus: biotope-specific variation in the expression of venom peptides.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM - 1 Jan 2007
Newton Kirsti A, Clench Malcolm R, Deshmukh Ranjana, Jeyaseelan Kandiah, Strong Peter N
Abstract excerpt
The red scorpion, Mesobuthus tamulus, is found in two distinct biotopes within the Indian state of Maharastra-a tropical, sea-level biotope and a semi-arid biotope, up to 600 m. Scorpions from these two geographical areas show marked differences in toxicity. Using mass spectrometry, we have shown biotope-specific variation in the expression of peptides from scorpions collected from these two distinct areas....
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