Intraspecific variation in the Egyptian scorpion Scorpio maurus palmatus venom collected from different biotopes

Toxicon

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-359

  Abdel Rahman, Mohamed A ^a   Omran, Mohamed Alaa A ^a,b   Abdel Nabi, Ismail M ^a   Ueda, Hitoshi ^c   McVean, Alistair ^d  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egypt; RAPD; Scorpio maurus palmatus; SDS PAGE; Venom variation

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SCORPIO MAURUS PALMATUS VENOM; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SAMPLE; SCORPIO MAURUS PALMATUS; SCORPION; SEX;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEX FACTORS;

SCORPIO MAURUS PALMATUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 59249083429     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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