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There are calculated to be approximately 109 acetylcholine receptors in a frog muscle fibre. This has important implications for theories concerning the nerve to muscle transmission mechanism.
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MILEDI, R., POTTER, L. Acetylcholine Receptors in Muscle Fibres. Nature 233, 599–603 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233599a0
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