CHRNA2

Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal)
Identifiers
Symbols	CHRNA2 ;
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 20193
Gene ontology Molecular function Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Cellular component Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Biological process Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO
RNA expression pattern
File:PBB GE CHRNA2 207868 at tn.png
More reference expression data
Orthologs
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Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	n/a	n/a
Ensembl	n/a	n/a
UniProt	n/a	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	n/a	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	n/a	n/a
Location (UCSC)	n/a	n/a
PubMed search	n/a	n/a

Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal), also known as CHRNA2, is a human gene.

See also

• Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Further reading

• Hogg RC, Raggenbass M, Bertrand D (2003). "Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from structure to brain function". Rev. Physiol. Biochem. Pharmacol. 147: 1–46. doi:10.1007/s10254-003-0005-1. PMID 12783266.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Anand R, Lindstrom J (1992). "Chromosomal localization of seven neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes in humans". Genomics. 13 (4): 962–7. PMID 1505988.
• Wood S, Schertzer M, Yaremko ML (1995). "Identification of the human neuronal nicotinic cholinergic alpha 2 receptor locus, (CHRNA2), within an 8p21 mapped locus, by sequence homology with rat DNA". Somat. Cell Mol. Genet. 21 (2): 147–50. PMID 7570187.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• García-Colunga J, Miledi R (1995). "Effects of serotonergic agents on neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (7): 2919–23. PMID 7708749.
• Elliott KJ, Ellis SB, Berckhan KJ; et al. (1997). "Comparative structure of human neuronal alpha 2-alpha 7 and beta 2-beta 4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits and functional expression of the alpha 2, alpha 3, alpha 4, alpha 7, beta 2, and beta 4 subunits". J. Mol. Neurosci. 7 (3): 217–28. PMID 8906617.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Chavez-Noriega LE, Crona JH, Washburn MS; et al. (1997). "Pharmacological characterization of recombinant human neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors h alpha 2 beta 2, h alpha 2 beta 4, h alpha 3 beta 2, h alpha 3 beta 4, h alpha 4 beta 2, h alpha 4 beta 4 and h alpha 7 expressed in Xenopus oocytes". J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 280 (1): 346–56. PMID 8996215.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Navaneetham D, Penn A, Howard J, Conti-Fine BM (1997). "Expression of the alpha 7 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in normal and myasthenic human thymuses". Cell. Mol. Biol. (Noisy-le-grand). 43 (3): 433–42. PMID 9193799.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Sato KZ, Fujii T, Watanabe Y; et al. (1999). "Diversity of mRNA expression for muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in human mononuclear leukocytes and leukemic cell lines". Neurosci. Lett. 266 (1): 17–20. PMID 10336173.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bertrand D, Picard F, Le Hellard S; et al. (2002). "How mutations in the nAChRs can cause ADNFLE epilepsy". Epilepsia. 43 Suppl 5: 112–22. PMID 12121305.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Jin P, Fu GK, Wilson AD; et al. (2004). "PCR isolation and cloning of novel splice variant mRNAs from known drug target genes". Genomics. 83 (4): 566–71. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.09.023. PMID 15028279.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y; et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMID 16344560.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Nusbaum C, Mikkelsen TS, Zody MC; et al. (2006). "DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 8". Nature. 439 (7074): 331–5. doi:10.1038/nature04406. PMID 16421571.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Aridon P, Marini C, Di Resta C; et al. (2006). "Increased sensitivity of the neuronal nicotinic receptor alpha 2 subunit causes familial epilepsy with nocturnal wandering and ictal fear". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 79 (2): 342–50. doi:10.1086/506459. PMID 16826524.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• CHRNA2+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.