Three-Finger α-Neurotoxins and the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor, Forty Years On
The discovery, about forty years ago, of α-bungarotoxin, a three-finger α-neurotoxin from Bungarus multicinctus venom, enabled the isolation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), making it one of the most thoroughly characterized receptors today. Since then, the sites of interaction betwe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2004-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Pharmacological Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319325307 |