Gene: Chrna7 (cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 7 (neuronal))  Rattus norvegicus

Symbol: Chrna7
Name: cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 7 (neuronal)
Description: ENCODES a protein that exhibits acetylcholine binding; acetylcholine-activated cation-selective channel activity; adenylate cyclase binding; INVOLVED IN calcium ion transport; dopamine biosynthetic process; regulation of action potential in neuron; PARTICIPATES IN calcium/calcium-mediated signaling pathway; ASSOCIATED WITH Tobacco Use Disorder; Alzheimer Disease (ortholog); Schizophrenia (ortholog); FOUND IN acetylcholine-gated channel complex; asymmetric synapse; axon; INTERACTS WITH (S)-nicotine; 17beta-estradiol; acetylcholine
Type: protein-coding
RefSeq Status: PROVISIONAL
Also known as: BTX; bungarotoxin alpha; C holinergic receptor nicotinic alpha polypeptide 7 (neuronal nicotinic acetycholine receptor alpha 7) (bungarotoxin alpha); C holinergic receptor nicotinic alpha polypeptide 7 (neuronal nicotinic acetycholine receptor alpha 7) (bungarotoxin alpha); C holinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7 (neuronal nicotinic acetycholine receptor alpha 7) (bungarotoxin alpha); C holinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7 (neuronal nicotinic acetycholine receptor alpha 7) (bungarotoxin alpha); cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 7; cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7; cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7 ; nAChRa7; NARAD; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7; neuronal nicotinic acetycholine receptor alpha 7; nicotinic receptor alpha 7 subunit
Orthologs: Homo sapiens : CHRNA7 (cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 7 (neuronal))  HGNC
Mus musculus : Chrna7 (cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7)  MGI
Latest Assembly: RGSC Genome Assembly v3.4
NCBI Annotation Information: Annotation category: suggests misassembly
Position:
MapChrPositionStrandSource
Rat Cytogenetic Map1q22 NCBI
RGSC Genome Assembly v5.01125,029,451 - 125,158,153-NCBI
RGSC Genome Assembly v3.41117,587,580 - 117,716,267-NCBI
Rat Celera Assembly1108,976,664 - 109,097,764-NCBI
Genome Assembly 3.11117,665,347 - 117,794,621-NCBI
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RGD Object Information
RGD ID: 2348
Created: 2000-05-25
Species: Rattus norvegicus
Last Modified: 2013-05-28
Status: ACTIVE