Binding of nicotinic ligands to and nicotine-induced calcium signaling in Trypanosoma cruzi

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 300-304

  Bollo, Mariana ^a   Venera, Graciela ^b   de Jiménez Bonino, Mirtha Biscoglio ^b   Machado Domenech, Estela ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Calcium; Carbamylcholine; Nicotine; Nicotinic ligands; Trypanosoma cruzi; bungarotoxin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EPIMASTIGOTE; IC 50; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0034816422     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4344     Document Type: Article

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