The differential preference of scorpion alpha-toxins for insect or mammalian sodium channels: implications for improved insect control.

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Published in Toxicon on November 28, 2006

Authors

Dalia Gordon1, Izhar Karbat, Nitza Ilan, Lior Cohen, Roy Kahn, Nicolas Gilles, Ke Dong, Walter Stühmer, Jan Tytgat, Michael Gurevitz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Plant Sciences, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv 69978, Tel-Aviv, Israel. dgordon@post.tau.ac.il

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