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Biochemical studies on muscaranic receptors in the salamander olfactory epithelium
Author(s) -
Hedlund Britta,
Shepherd Gordon M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(83)80801-1
Subject(s) - olfactory epithelium , salamander , receptor , biology , olfactory system , microbiology and biotechnology , epithelium , vomeronasal organ , olfactory mucosa , neuroscience , zoology , biochemistry , genetics
Muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the olfactory epithelium of the salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum , were studied via binding of 3‐[ 3 H]quinuclidinyl benzilate. The receptors are present on the olfactory receptor cells in the epithelium to an amount of 0.08 pmol/mg homogenate protein. Both choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholine esterase are present in the salamander olfactory epithelium.