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RECENT investigations of peptide fractions from cobra venoms suggest that the most potent acute toxicity arises from a curare-like block of the action of acetylcholine at the skeletal myoneural junction1–3. I wish to report the effects on myoneural transmission of toxin T3 from Naja naja siamensis—(Kaouthia) (Thailand cobra) venom, a pure peptide of known amino-acid composition4.
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LESTER, H. Postsynaptic Action of Cobra Toxin at the Myoneural Junction. Nature 227, 727–728 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227727a0
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