Mammalian Muscle Acetylcholine Receptor: A Supramolecular Structure Formed by Four Related Proteins
- 17 December 1982
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 218 (4578) , 1227-1229
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7146904
Abstract
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor has been purified from fetal calf muscle. Amino terminal amino acid sequence data indicate that the mammalian receptor is formed from closely related but distinct subunits. A cytoskeletal component, actin, may be associated with the receptor.Keywords
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