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The few studies documented on Buthus tamulus are restricted to the isolation and purification of neurotoxins, protease inhibitors, histamine releasers [ 19 ] iberiotoxin, an inhibitor of high conductance Ca 2+-activated K +channel [ 21 ] and neurotoxin Bt-II [ 20 ] . In the quest for natural insect-selective toxins, we have identified a novel short lepidopteran-selective toxin from the venom of Mesobuthus tamulus having 37 amino acids residues and 8 half-cystines.
Thanks to the baroque vestiges of Senate procedure, however, Lott and company still have other weapons at their disposal: the ice pick, the poisoned umbrella tip, the exploding cigar, the James Bond shark tank, the Batman buzz saw, quicksand, car bombs, a variety of slow-acting toxins, the complete works of Joyce Carol Oates, and their bare hands.
When expressed in baculovirus system as a biopesticide scorpion toxins offer the advantage of faster kill without chemical insecticides [ 13 ] . Although the safety of recombinant baculoviruses is less of a concern ButaIT offers an extra level of safety as a recombinant biopesticide due to its specificity to tobacco budworm ion channels.
There is evidence showing that programmed cell death (PCD, also known as apoptosis) occurs in some cells treated with cholesterol oxides [ 6 7 8 ] . PCD is a special type of cell death that can be induced by growth factor deprivation or toxins [ 9 10 11 ] . By using the PCD induced by nerve growth factor deprivation in sympathetic neurons as an example, the cell death process begins with the generation of reactive oxygen species followed by a significant decrease in glucose uptake, RNA and protein synthesis, activation of the immediate early protein, c-jun, and release of cytochrome c from mitochondria.
Over the past three decades, researchers have found that remarkably low-level exposures to these toxins are linked with less overt symptoms of toxicity—intellectual impairments, behavioral problems, spontaneous abortions, or preterm births [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14, 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27, 28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40].
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