nicotinic receptor influences agonist sensitivity
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From 1 School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK; 2 Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie & Neurocure Initiative Charité Universitäts Medizin, 13125 Berlin, Germany; 3 Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU; 4 Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Running head: receptors have three agonist sites Address correspondence to: Isabel Bermudez, School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK. Fax: 44 1865 483242; Email: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2011