PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Conti-Tronconi, BM AU - Gotti, CM AU - Hunkapiller, MW AU - Raftery, MA TI - Mammalian muscle acetylcholine receptor: a supramolecular structure formed by four related proteins AID - 10.1126/science.7146904 DP - 1982 Dec 17 TA - Science PG - 1227--1229 VI - 218 IP - 4578 4099 - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/218/4578/1227.short 4100 - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/218/4578/1227.full SO - Science1982 Dec 17; 218 AB - The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor has been purified from fetal calf muscle. Amino terminal amino acid sequence data indicate that the mammalian receptor is formed from closely related but distinct subunits. A cytoskeletal component, actin, may be associated with the receptor.