Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal), an alias of the protein, cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 2 subunit. The official gene symbol is CHRNA2. The kits can detect several species variants of the protein, including: human and rat. The protein, with a mass of 59.8 kDa and length of 529 residues, is reported to be membrane-associated. It is a member of the Ligand-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.9) family, Acetylcholine receptor (TC 1.A.9.1) subfamily, Alpha-2/CHRNA2 sub-subfamily and may be known by other names, including: cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 2 (neuronal), cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 2, and neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-2.