Acetylcholine & Muscles
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An Acetylcholine Receptor Keeps Muscles in Balance Rachel Jones Freelance Science Writer and Editor, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Citation: Jones R (2009) An Acetylcholine Receptor Keeps Muscles in Balance. PLoS Biol 7(12): e1000268. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000268 Published: December 22, 2009 Copyright: © 2009 Rachel Jones. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Competing interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.
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