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Acetylcholine-receptor-mediated ion fluxes in Electrophorus electricus and Torpedo California membrane vesicles

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  1. Derek J. Cash

    Present address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Neurochemistry Unit, Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, 63139, St. Louis, MO, USA

  2. Hitoshi Aoshima

    Present address: Department of Chemistry, Yamaguchi University, 753, Yamaguchi, Japan

  3. Elena B. Pasquale

    Present address: Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

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    Derek J. Cash, Hitoshi Aoshima, Elena B. Pasquale & George P. Hess

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    George P. Hess

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Cash, D.J., Aoshima, H., Pasquale, E.B., Hess, G.P. (1985). Acetylcholine-receptor-mediated ion fluxes in Electrophorus electricus and Torpedo California membrane vesicles. In: Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 102. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, vol 102. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0034085

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