Choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholine in Xenopus oocytes injected with mRNA from the electric lobe of Torpedo.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on January 01, 1985

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C B Gundersen, D J Jenden, R Miledi

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