Trachynilysin, a protein neurotoxin isolated from stonefish (Synanceia trachynis) venom, increases spontaneous quantal acetylcholine release from Torpedo marmorata neuromuscular junctions

Cybium

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages 149-156

  Ouanounou, Gilles ^a   Mattei, César ^a   Meunier, Frédéric A ^a   Kreger, Arnold S ^b   Molgó, Jordi ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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