"Torpedo" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of the Torpedinidae family consisting of several species. Members of this family have powerful electric organs and are commonly called electric rays.
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D014101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.370.935 B01.050.150.900.493.378.722
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Torpedo" by people in Profiles.
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Interactions of acetylcholine binding site residues contributing to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gating: role of residues Y93, Y190, K145 and D200. J Mol Graph Model. 2013 Jul; 44:145-54.
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Site specificity of agonist-induced opening and desensitization of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry. 2006 Jan 10; 45(1):195-204.
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Vaccination with a MHC class II peptide in Alum and inactive pertussis strongly ameliorates clinical MG in C57BL/6 mice. J Neuroimmunol. 2006 Feb; 171(1-2):8-16.
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Site-selective agonist binding to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica. Biochemistry. 2003 Apr 15; 42(14):4197-207.
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Vaccination with a MHC class II peptide attenuates cellular and humoral responses against tAChR and suppresses clinical EAMG. Autoimmunity. 2002 May; 35(3):183-90.
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Site-specific charge interactions of alpha-conotoxin MI with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. J Biol Chem. 2001 Jun 29; 276(26):23589-98.
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T cell responses in EAMG-susceptible and non-susceptible mouse strains after immunization with overlapping peptides encompassing the extracellular part of Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor alpha chain. Implication to role in myasthenia gravis of autoimmune T-cell responses against receptor degradation products. Autoimmunity. 1998; 27(2):79-90.
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B-cell activation in vitro by helper T cells specific to region alpha 146-162 of Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. J Immunol. 1996 Oct 01; 157(7):3192-9.
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Effect of amino acid substitutions within the region 62-76 of I-A beta b on binding with and antigen presentation of Torpedo acetylcholine receptor alpha-chain peptide 146-162. J Immunol. 1995 May 15; 154(10):5245-54.
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Profile of the regions of acetylcholine receptor alpha chain recognized by T-lymphocytes and by antibodies in EAMG-susceptible and non-susceptible mouse strains after different periods of immunization with the receptor. Mol Immunol. 1994 Aug; 31(11):833-43.