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Leiurus quinquestriatus can be found in desert and scrubland habitats ranging from North Africa through to the Middle East. Its range covers a wide sweep of territory in the Sahara, Arabian Desert, Thar Desert, and Central Asia, from Algeria and Mali in the west through to Egypt, Ethiopia, Asia Minor and the Arabian Peninsula, eastwards to Kazakhstan and western India in the northeast and ...
Leiurus is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. The most common species , L. quinquestriatus , is also known under the common name Deathstalker . It is distributed widely across North Africa and the Middle East , including the western and southern Arabian Peninsula and southeastern Turkey .
Leiurus abdullahbayrami predators. Leiurus abdullahbayrami has a brown cephalothorax, yellow legs, head, and tail. One of the very end segments of the tail is brown instead of yellow. In scientific terms, the background color of the prosoma, mesosoma, and segment V of metasoma is black and the appendages of the Leiurus Abdullahbayrami are ...
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Leiurus hebraeus is a species of scorpion, a member of the family Buthidae. It was once considered as a subspecies of Leiurus quinquestriatus but recently it was elevated to the rank of a species. [ 1 ]
The deathstalker's powerful venom contains the 36-amino acid peptide chlorotoxin.This blocks small-conductance chloride channels, immobilizing its prey. [1]Short-chain scorpion toxins constitute the largest group of potassium (K +) channel-blocking peptides.
Charybdotoxin (ChTX) is a 37 amino acid neurotoxin from the venom of the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus (deathstalker) that blocks calcium-activated potassium channels. [2] This blockade causes hyperexcitability of the nervous system. It is a close homologue of agitoxin and both toxins come from Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus.
Chlorotoxin is a 36-amino acid peptide found in the venom of the deathstalker scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) which blocks small-conductance chloride channels. [2] The fact that chlorotoxin binds preferentially to glioma cells has allowed the development of methods for the treatment and diagnosis of several types of cancer.