Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis of ligand receptor interactions: The cholinergic system - A model

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 273-301

  Fraenkel, Yigal ^a   Shalev, Deborah E ^a   Gershoni, Jonathan M ^a   Navon, Gil ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cholinergic system; ligand receptor interactions; nuclear magnetic resonance; pharmacological reagents

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029742248     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10409239609106586     Document Type: Review

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