alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
"alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A member of the NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR subfamily of the LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNEL family. It consists entirely of pentameric α7 subunits expressed in the CNS, autonomic nervous system, vascular system, lymphocytes and spleen.
| Descriptor ID |
D064569
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.530.400.400.100.500.500 D12.776.543.550.450.500.100.500.500 D12.776.543.585.400.500.100.500.500 D12.776.543.750.130.687.500 D12.776.543.750.720.360.550.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptor, alpha-Bungarotoxin- Receptor, alpha-Bungarotoxin
- Receptor, alpha Bungarotoxin
- alpha-Bungarotoxin Receptor
- alpha-Bungarotoxin Receptors
- Receptors, alpha-Bungarotoxin
- alpha Bungarotoxin Receptors
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor".
- Chemicals and Drugs [D]
- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
- Carrier Proteins [D12.776.157]
- Membrane Transport Proteins [D12.776.157.530]
- Ion Channels [D12.776.157.530.400]
- Ligand-Gated Ion Channels [D12.776.157.530.400.400]
- Cysteine Loop Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptors [D12.776.157.530.400.400.100]
- Receptors, Nicotinic [D12.776.157.530.400.400.100.500]
- alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor [D12.776.157.530.400.400.100.500.500]
- Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
- Membrane Glycoproteins [D12.776.543.550]
- Ion Channels [D12.776.543.550.450]
- Ligand-Gated Ion Channels [D12.776.543.550.450.500]
- Cysteine Loop Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptors [D12.776.543.550.450.500.100]
- Receptors, Nicotinic [D12.776.543.550.450.500.100.500]
- alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor [D12.776.543.550.450.500.100.500.500]
- Membrane Transport Proteins [D12.776.543.585]
- Ion Channels [D12.776.543.585.400]
- Ligand-Gated Ion Channels [D12.776.543.585.400.500]
- Cysteine Loop Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptors [D12.776.543.585.400.500.100]
- Receptors, Nicotinic [D12.776.543.585.400.500.100.500]
- alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor [D12.776.543.585.400.500.100.500.500]
- Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
- Cysteine Loop Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptors [D12.776.543.750.130]
- Receptors, Nicotinic [D12.776.543.750.130.687]
- alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor [D12.776.543.750.130.687.500]
- Receptors, Neurotransmitter [D12.776.543.750.720]
- Receptors, Cholinergic [D12.776.543.750.720.360]
- Receptors, Nicotinic [D12.776.543.750.720.360.550]
- alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor [D12.776.543.750.720.360.550.500]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor".
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