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Froylan Gómez-Lagunas

Researcher at National Autonomous University of Mexico

Publications -  51
Citations -  1360

Froylan Gómez-Lagunas is an academic researcher from National Autonomous University of Mexico. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scorpion toxin & Peptide sequence. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 51 publications receiving 1277 citations. Previous affiliations of Froylan Gómez-Lagunas include University of Pennsylvania.

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Proteomic analysis of the venom from the scorpion Tityus stigmurus: Biochemical and physiological comparison with other Tityus species ☆

TL;DR: A correlation among HPLC retention times and molecular masses of folded scorpion toxins as well as a comparative structural and physiological analysis of components from the venom of several species of the genus Tityus are reported.
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The Brazilian scorpion Tityus costatus Karsch: genes, peptides and function.

TL;DR: Stings by scorpions of the species Tityus costatus should be taken with caution by medical doctors, and some of these peptides and genes are similar to other known scorpion toxins.
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Proteomic analysis of Tityus discrepans scorpion venom and amino acid sequence of novel toxins

TL;DR: Comparative analysis of the amino acid sequences found suggests that this venom contains peptides highly similar to those that block K+ channels, as well as those that modify the gating mechanisms of Na+annels, found in other scorpions.
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A novel structural class of K+-channel blocking toxin from the scorpion Pandinus imperator

TL;DR: Three-dimensional modelling showed that is it possible to accommodate the four disulphide bridges in the same general structure of the other K+-channel blocking peptides, and the new peptide (Pil) blocks Shaker B K+ channels reversibly.