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How calcium helps α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors fulfill their potential

Study reveals that, at low acetylcholine concentrations, calcium enhances channel opening by binding to a novel motif near the ligand binding site.

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Autor principal: Short, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rockefeller University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32820805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202012740
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spelling pubmed-74788702021-03-07 How calcium helps α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors fulfill their potential Short, Ben J Gen Physiol Research News Study reveals that, at low acetylcholine concentrations, calcium enhances channel opening by binding to a novel motif near the ligand binding site. Rockefeller University Press 2020-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7478870/ /pubmed/32820805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202012740 Text en © 2020 Rockefeller University Press http://www.rupress.org/terms/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms/). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 International license, as described at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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title_short How calcium helps α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors fulfill their potential
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32820805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202012740
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