Specificity of Immunoreactions: The Importance of Testing Specificity in Each Method

It is widely accepted that the precise subcellular location of a protein critically affects its functional role. Let us demonstrate this point with two elegant examples. Neurotransmitter receptors, clustered directly opposite to the site of neurotransmitter release, are activated in a transient

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