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1041: Revisiting Puzzle 55: Scorpion Toxin

Closed since about 11 years ago

Intermediate Overall Prediction

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Created
January 22, 2015
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Max points
100
Description

This is a throwback puzzle to the early days of Foldit. This scorpion toxin binds to voltage-gated ion channels in insects, resulting in full-body paralysis. We are revisiting old Foldit puzzles so we can see how useful the recent additions to the game have been.

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