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R Ben Khalifa

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Lecomte C, Ben Khalifa R, Martin-Eauclaire M, Kharrat R, Ayeb M, Darbon H, et al.
J Pept Res . 2000 Mar; 55(3):246-54. PMID: 10727107
Maurotoxin (MTX) is a 34-amino acid polypeptide cross-linked by four disulfide bridges that has been isolated from the venom of the scorpion Scorpio maurus palmatus and characterized. Maurotoxin competed with...
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Pelhate M, Stankiewicz M, Ben Khalifa R
C R Seances Soc Biol Fil . 1998 Oct; 192(3):463-84. PMID: 9759384
Some toxins from scorpion venoms, much more toxic to insects than to other animal classes, possess high affinity to Na+ channels. These anti-insect scorpion toxins have been divided into: 1)...
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Ben Khalifa R, Stankiewicz M, Pelhate M, Possani L, Hinkel H, Mebs D
Toxicon . 1997 Jul; 35(7):1069-80. PMID: 9248005
A toxin named babycurus-toxin 1 (mol. wt 8191), from telson extracts of the scorpion Babycurus centrurimorphus, was found to depolarize the cockroach giant axon. It progressively blocked the evoked action...
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Turkov M, Rashi S, Noam Z, Gordon D, Ben Khalifa R, Stankiewicz M, et al.
Protein Expr Purif . 1997 Jun; 10(1):123-31. PMID: 9179299
The selective toxicity of depressant scorpion neurotoxins to insects is useful in studying insect sodium channel gating and has an applied potential. In order to establish a genetic system enabling...
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Bouhaouala-Zahar B, Ducancel F, Zenouaki I, Ben Khalifa R, Borchani L, Pelhate M, et al.
Eur J Biochem . 1996 Jun; 238(3):653-60. PMID: 8706664
We have constructed a cDNA library from venom glands of the scorpion Buthus occitanus tunetanus and cloned a DNA sequence that encodes an alpha-toxin. This clone was efficiently expressed in...