The mechanism for acetylcholine receptor inhibition by α-neurotoxins and species-specific resistance to α-bungarotoxin revealed by NMR

Neuron

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 319-332

  Samson, Abraham O ^a   Scherf, Tali ^a   Eisenstein, Miriam ^a   Chill, Jordan H ^a   Anglister, Jacob ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037130458     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(02)00773-0     Document Type: Article

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