m2-toxin: A selective ligand for M2 muscarinic receptors

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 933-937

  Carsi, Jigany M ^a   Valentine, Helene H ^a   Potter, Lincoln T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032727472     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.5.933     Document Type: Article

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