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A steady electric field of 30 mV across a single embryonic muscle cell produces accumulation of acetylcholine receptors toward one pole of the cell within 1 h. The movement is electrophoretic in nature and the accumulation results in the formation of stable, metabolically independent receptor aggregates.
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Orida, N., Poo, Mm. Electrophoretic movement and localization of acetylcholine receptors in the embryonic muscle cell membrane. Nature 275, 31–35 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/275031a0
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