Cholinesterase in a Receptor
- 21 November 1958
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 128 (3334) , 1284
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.128.3334.1284
Abstract
Cholinesterase is found at the sites for mechanoelectric conversion of Pacinian corpuscles; its acetylcholinesplitting activity is of the same order of magnitude as that of the cholinesterase at neuromuscular junctions. The enzyme is not a typical acetylcholinesterase.Keywords
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