Mutations affecting agonist sensitivity of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
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nicotinic receptor influences agonist sensitivity
From 1 School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK; 2 Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie & Neurocure Initiative Charité Universitäts Medizin, 13125 Berlin, Germany; 3 Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU; 4 Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(91)82102-6