High affinity binding of alpha-bungarotoxin to the purified alpha-subunit and to its 27,000-dalton proteolytic peptide from Torpedo marmorata acetylcholine receptor. Requirement for sodium dodecyl sulfate.

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Published in EMBO J on January 01, 1983

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S J Tzartos1, J P Changeux

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1: Unité de Neurobiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

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