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Molecular distinction between fetal and adult forms of muscle acetylcholine receptor

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Distinct classes of acetylcholine receptor channels are formed when Xenopus oocytes are injected with combinations of the bovine α-, β-, γ- and δ- or the α-, β-, γ- and ε-subunit-specific messenger RNAs. The conductance and gating properties of the two classes of channels, in conjunction with the developmental changes in the muscular contents of the mRNAs, suggest that replacement of the γ-subunit by the ε-subunit is responsible for the functional alteration of the receptor during muscle development.

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    Masayoshi Mishina, Toshiyuki Takai, Keiji Imoto, Masaharu Noda, Tomoyuki Takahashi & Shosaku Numa

  2. Department of Physiology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto, 606, Japan

    Tomoyuki Takahashi

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, D-3400, Göttingen, FRG

    Christoph Methfessel & Bert Sakmann

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Mishina, M., Takai, T., Imoto, K. et al. Molecular distinction between fetal and adult forms of muscle acetylcholine receptor. Nature 321, 406–411 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/321406a0

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