Neuronal α-bungarotoxin receptors differ structurally from other nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8201-8212

  Rangwala, Fatima ^a   Drisdel, Renaldo C ^a   Rakhilin, Sergey ^a   Ko, Elizabeth ^a   Atluri, Pramod ^a   Harkins, Amy B ^a   Fox, Aaron P ^a   Salman, Suleiman B ^a   Green, William N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptors; Pharmacology; Pheochromocytoma; bungarotoxin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACONITINE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYTISINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030728458     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08201.1997     Document Type: Article

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