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Ultrastructural Analysis of the Native Acetylcholine Receptor

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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

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Abstract

In the present paper, the structure of the acetylcholine receptor molecule (AChR) is described which has been obtained by the analysis of a large number of electron microscopical images of this molecule. In contrast to previous papers [1,2,3] here a new method of image processing of a large number of noisy molecules is used. Instead of the usual staining with uranyl salts, phosphotungstate is applied.

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  1. FB Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, D-1000, Berlin 33, Germany

    M. Giersig & F. Hucho

  2. Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-1000, Berlin 33, Germany

    W. Kunath & H. Sack-Kongehl

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Ernährungsphysiologie, Rheinlanddamm 201, D-4600, Dortmund, Germany

    Alfred Maelicke

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Giersig, M., Kunath, W., Sack-Kongehl, H., Hucho, F. (1986). Ultrastructural Analysis of the Native Acetylcholine Receptor. In: Maelicke, A. (eds) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor. NATO ASI Series, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71649-2_2

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