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Research Article

Multisubunit Structure and Amino-Terminal Sequences of Piscine Muscle Acetylcholine Receptor

Bianca M. Conti-tronconi Braun Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125; Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125; Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Michael W. Hunkapiller Braun Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125; Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125; Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Center Drive, Foster City, California, 94404
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Jon M. Lindstrom The Salk Institute, P.O. Box 85800, La Jolla, California, 92037
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Michael A. Raftery Braun Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125
Pages 801-816 | Published online: 26 Sep 2008

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