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Even though Buthus occitanus scorpions are found throughout the Mediterranean region, a lack of distinctive characteristics has hampered their classification into different subspecies. Yet, stings from this particular scorpion family are reported each year to result in pain followed by various toxic symptoms. In order to determine the toxicity origin of the rare French B. occitanus Amoreux scorpion,...
The availability of a large variety of specific blockers, which inhibit different K + currents, would help to elucidate their differences in physiological function. Short peptide toxins isolated from scorpion venoms are able to block voltage-dependent or Ca 2+ -activated K + channels. Here, we have studied the venom of the Moroccan scorpion Buthus occitanus Paris (BoP) in order...
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