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Acetylcholinesterase in Elapid Snakes

Identification of a New Exon in Bungarus fasciatus

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Structure and Function of Cholinesterases and Related Proteins

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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) plays a key role in cholinergic transmission, but is also present in non-cholinergic contexts where its function is not clearly known (1). This is the case in pulmonary and intestinal epitheliums, salivary glands, or blood cells surface. AChE is a very abundant protein in the venom of some Elapids snakes (2–3).

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  1. Unité des Venins, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75015, Paris, France

    Xavier Cousin & Cassian Bon

  2. Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, CNRS URA 1857, ENS, 46 rue d’Ulm, 75005, Paris, France

    Xavier Cousin, Suzanne Bon & Jean Massoulié

  3. CEA/SPI/DRM, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France

    Jacques Grassi

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  1. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C., USA

    Bhupendra P. Doctor  & Mary K. Gentry  & 

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Cousin, X., Bon, S., Grassi, J., Massoulié, J., Bon, C. (1998). Acetylcholinesterase in Elapid Snakes. In: Doctor, B.P., Taylor, P., Quinn, D.M., Rotundo, R.L., Gentry, M.K. (eds) Structure and Function of Cholinesterases and Related Proteins. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1540-5_14

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