| Primary Identifier | MGI:99779 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
| Chromosome | 7 | NCBI Gene Number | 11441 |
| Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
| description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Enables acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity. Involved in several processes, including plasma membrane bounded cell projection organization; positive regulation of cell communication; and regulation of protein metabolic process. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including behavioral response to ethanol; learning or memory; and negative regulation of cytokine production. Located in apical plasma membrane; axolemma; and external side of plasma membrane. Is active in cholinergic synapse; postsynaptic specialization membrane; and presynaptic membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including adrenal gland; alimentary system; nervous system; retina; and thymus. Used to study schizophrenia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; esophagus squamous cell carcinoma; respiratory system cancer (multiple); and schizophrenia. Orthologous to human CHRFAM7A (CHRNA7 (exons 5-10) and FAM7A (exons A-E) fusion) and CHRNA7 (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 7 subunit). PHENOTYPE: Nullizygous mice lack hippocampal fast nicotinic currents but show nicotine-induced seizures as well as altered anxiety behavior, fertility defects, airway basal cell hyperplasia. and higher TNF sythesis when endotoxemic. Newborns homozygous for a knock-in allele die with increased neuron apoptosis. [provided by MGI curators] |
Features --> Cross References
Canonical gene --> CDSs in specific strains.
Canonical gene --> Exons in specific strains
Canonical gene --> Strain-specific IDs, biotypes, and locations
Canonical gene --> Transcripts in specific strains.
Features --> Overlapping features
