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Use-dependent inhibition of P2X3 receptors by nanomolar agonist.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 10 Aug 2005
Pratt Emily B, Brink Thaddeus S, Bergson Pamela, Voigt Mark M, Cook Sean P
Abstract excerpt
P2X3 receptors desensitize within 100 ms of channel activation, yet recovery from desensitization requires several minutes. The molecular basis for this slow rate of recovery is unknown. We designed experiments to test the hypothesis that this slow recovery is attributable to the high affinity (< 1 nM) of desensitized P2X3 receptors for agonist. We found that agonist binding to the desensitized state provided a...
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