A novel rapid purification method for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo electric tissue was developed.It allows preparation of 10 mg quantities of pure and stabile receptor protein within 2 days. This protein is used for crystallization attempts. Conditions are described which reproducibly yield crystals.
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