Binding of alpha-bungarotoxin to isolated alpha subunit of the acetylcholine receptor of Torpedo californica: quantitative analysis with protein blots.
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Determination of the primary amino acid sequence specifying the alpha-bungarotoxin binding site on the alpha subunit of the acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica.
A region of the alpha subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor containing the alpha-bungarotoxin-binding domain was mapped on the primary amino acid sequence in relation to asparagine-141, the presumed site of N-linked glycosylation. Proteolytic fragments of the alpha subunit, immobilized onto positively charged membrane filters, that bind 125I-labeled bungarotoxin were further analyzed ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.16.4973