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The stokes radius of the chapssolubilized benzodiazepine receptor complex

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The Stokes radii and the apparent molecular weights of the CHAPS or Triton X-100 solubilized benzodiazepine receptors are calculated by gel exclusion chromatography. The results suggest that the molecular receptor complex solubilized by CHAPS is much larger than the complex solubilized by Triton X-100.

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    James P. Ray, Stephen T. Mernoff, Lakshmi Sangameswaran & Angel L. de Blas

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Ray, J.P., Mernoff, S.T., Sangameswaran, L. et al. The stokes radius of the chapssolubilized benzodiazepine receptor complex. Neurochem Res 10, 1221–1229 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00964841

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