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GOLDRING, ES 1973, 'DROSOPHILA DNA - MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA', PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 6, pp. 55-55.

PEACOCK, WJ, BRUTLAG, D, GOLDRING, E, APPELS, R, HINTON, CW & LINDSLEY, DL 1973, 'ORGANIZATION OF HIGHLY REPEATED DNA SEQUENCES IN DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER CHROMOSOMES', COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 38, pp. 405-416.

Sneddon, JD, Smythe, A, Satchell, D & Burnstock, G 1973, 'An investigation of the identity of the transmitter substance released by non adrenergic, non cholinergic excitatory nerves supplying the small intestine of some lower vertebrates', COMP.GEN.PHARM., vol. 4, no. 13, pp. 53-60.
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Non adrenergic, non cholinergic excitatory postganglionic fibers in the splanchnic nerves supply the small intestine of the toad (Bufo marinus) and the lizard (Tiliqua rugosa). 5 Hydroxytryptamine, histamine, bradykinin, and prostaglandin E1 were rejected as the putative neurotransmitters in these nerves on the grounds that they do not have actions which parallel those of nerve stimulation or that drugs which antagonize their effects do not similarly antagonize the effects of nerve stimulation. ATP produces excitatory responses, which closely mimic those of non adrenergic, non cholinergic nerve stimulation. Quinidine causes parallel block of the responses to nerve stimulation and exogenously applied ATP, but this action may be non specific. While the results do not provide direct evidence for purinergic excitatory nerves to the small intestine of lower vertebrates, they are consistent with the hypothesis.