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Selective Inhibition of Rat α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors by LvID, a Newly Characterized α4/7-Conotoxin from

Man Guo1,2,3, Xiaopeng Zhu1, Tao Ma1

  • 1Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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