Biochemical studies on muscarinic receptors in the salamander olfactory epithelium.
Muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the olfactory epithelium of the salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, were studied via binding of 3-[3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate. The receptors are present on the olfactory receptor cells in the epithelium to an amount of 0.08 pmol/mg homogenate protein. Both choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholine esterase are present in the salamander olfactory epithelium.
D000557:Ambystoma; D000818:Animals; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D011813:Quinuclidinyl Benzilate / Q000378:metabolism; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D011813:Quinuclidinyl Benzilate