The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Cholinergic Receptor, Nicotinic, alpha 2 across different species:

cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal) (CHRNA2), cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 2a (neuronal) (chrna2a), cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal) (Chrna2), cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 2 (neuronal) (Chrna2)

Other aliases include:

CHRNA2, NACHRA2, chrna2, MGC136717, zgc:136717, ACHR, Acra2, Acra-2, BC011490, MGC18795

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Cholinergic Receptor, Nicotinic, alpha 2:

cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal) – cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 2 (neuronal) – alpha-2 subunit, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor – cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 2a – nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Cholinergic Receptor, Nicotinic, alpha 2 fulfills a number of functions:

extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity – ion channel activity – neurotransmitter receptor activity – nicotinic acetylcholine-activated cation-selective channel activity – receptor activity – acetylcholine binding – acetylcholine receptor activity – drug binding

Cholinergic Receptor, Nicotinic, alpha 2 is relevant to the following processes:

ion transport – transport – protein heterooligomerization – signal transduction

Locations for Cholinergic Receptor, Nicotinic, alpha 2:

cell junction – integral to membrane – plasma membrane – postsynaptic membrane – synapse – membrane – membrane fraction – nicotinic acetylcholine-gated receptor-channel complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology