PRIMITIVE ATP-ACTIVATED P2X RECEPTORS: DISCOVERY, FUNCTION AND PHARMACOLOGY
Adenosine 5-triphosphate (ATP) is omnipresent in biology. It is therefore no surprise that organisms have evolved multifaceted roles for ATP, exploiting its abundance and restriction of passive diffusion across biological membranes. A striking role is the emergence of ATP as a bona fide transmitte...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2013.00247/full |