| Entrez gene ID | | 298521 |
| Official gene symbol | | Grik3 |
| Full name | | glutamate receptor, ionotropic, kainate 3 |
| Aliases | | GluR7 |
| Gene summary | | Glutamate receptors are the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in the mammalian brain and are activated in a variety of normal neurophysiologic processes. This gene product belongs to the kainate family of glutamate receptors, which are composed of four subunits and function as ligand-activated ion channels. Compared to other kainate or AMPA receptors, this subunit exhibits a lower sensitivity to glutamate, and thus may play a unique role in neurotransmission in the brain. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq] |
| Location | | Chromosome: 5 Locus: 5q36 |
| Gene position | | 144842373 - 145058046 Map Viewer |
| Gene orientation | | plus |
| Gene size | | 215674 bp |
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