Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor alpha7

Products_type

Antibody
Products_short_name

[Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor alpha7]
Other_names

[Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7; Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7; CHRNA7-FAM7A fusion protein; CHRNA7 (exons 5-10) and FAM7A (exons A-E) fusion]
Other_gene_names

[CHRFAM7A; CHRNA7; D-10; CHRNA7; NACHRA7; CHRNA7-DR1; NACHRA7]
Reactivity

Human, Mouse, Rat
Purity

Affinity Purified
Form

Liquid
Tested_application

Immunohistochemistry (IHC), ELISA (EIA)
Description

The receptors are ligand binding factors of type 1, 2 or 3 and protein-molecules that receive chemical-signals from outside a cell. When such chemical-signals couple or bind to a receptor, they cause some form of cellular/tissue-response, e.g. a change in the electrical-activity of a cell. In this sense, am olfactory receptor is a protein-molecule that recognizes and responds to endogenous-chemical signals, chemokinesor cytokines e.g. an acetylcholine-receptor recognizes and responds to its endogenous-ligand, acetylcholine. However, sometimes in pharmacology, the term is also used to include other proteins that are drug-targets, such as enzymes, transporters and ion-channels.