Residues Responsible for the Selectivity of α-Conotoxins for Ac-AChBP or nAChRs

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are targets for developing new drugs to treat severe pain, nicotine addiction, Alzheimer disease, epilepsy, etc. α-Conotoxins are biologically and chemically diverse. With 12–19 residues and two disulfides, they can be specifically selected for different nA...

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Main Authors: Lin, Bo, Xiang, Shihua, Li, Mengsen
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5082321/