Structure, diversity, and ionic permeability of neuronal and muscle acetylcholine receptors.

doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-7327-7_3

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Structure, diversity, and ionic permeability of neuronal and muscle acetylcholine receptors.

EXS - 1 Jan 1993

Dani J A

Abstract excerpt

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) form a family of ligand-gated, cation-selective channels that are concentrated at cholinergic synapses on vertebrate neurons and muscle cells. At the neuromuscular endplate, muscle nAChRs bind acetylcholine released by the presynaptic motor neuron. The r...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
DNA Mutational Analysis
Genetic Variation
Humans
Ion Channels
Molecular Sequence Data
Muscles
Neurons
Protein Conformation
Protein Structure, Secondary
Receptors, Nicotinic
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

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