THE VISIT OF PROFESSOR CHEN-YUAN LEE TO THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE IN 1970 AND THE USE OF A SNAKE VENOM TOXIN TO IDENTIFY THE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR PROTEIN

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