chlorotoxin

English

Etymology

chloro- +‎ toxin

Noun

chlorotoxin (uncountable)

1. A 36-amino acid peptide found in the venom of the deathstalker scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus). It blocks small-conductance chloride channels.
   • 2015 May 22, Vidhya R. Rao et al., “Voltage-Gated Ion Channels in Cancer Cell Proliferation”, in Cancers‎^[1], volume 7, →DOI:

     TM-601, an I 131 synthetic derivative of chlorotoxin, has been approved by the FDA for glioma therapy and diagnostics.