Entrez gene ID | | 1134 |
Official gene symbol | | CHRNA1 |
Full name | | cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 1 (muscle) |
Aliases | | ,ACHRA,ACHRD,CHRNA,CMS2A,FCCMS,SCCMS, |
Gene summary | | The muscle acetylcholine receptor consiststs of 5 subunits of 4 different types: 2 alpha isoforms and 1 each of beta, gamma, and delta subunits.2 This gene encodes an alpha subunit that plays a role in acetlycholine binding/channel gating. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 2 Locus: 2q24-q32 |
Gene position | | 175629200 - 175612320 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 16881 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 100690 |
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