Neuronal nicotinic α7 receptor expressed in Xenopus oocytes presents five putative binding sites for methyllycaconitine

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 491, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-161

  Palma, Eleonora ^a,b   Bertrand, Sonia ^a   Binzoni, Tiziano ^a   Bertrand, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PLANT TOXIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029670737     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021203     Document Type: Article

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