Methyllycaconitine and (+)-anatoxin-a differentiate between nicotinic receptors in vertebrate and invertebrate nervous systems

FEBS Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 357-363

  Macallan, David R E ^a   Lunt, George G ^a   Wonnacott, Susan ^a   Swanson, Karen L ^a,c   Rapoport, Henry ^a,b   Albuquerque, Edson X ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

(Rat brain, Locust ganglion); Anatoxin a; Methyllycaconitine; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptor; Bungarotoxin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ANATOXIN A; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN; GANGLION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACONITE; ACONITINE; ANIMAL; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; BUNGAROTOXINS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GANGLIA; GRASSHOPPERS; KINETICS; MARINE TOXINS; NICOTINE; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023845177     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)81454-6     Document Type: Article

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