Table 2.
Expression of C. elegans nAChRs
| Receptor | Heterologous expression | Expression in C. elegans | Reference |
| DEG-3/DES-2 | Cation channel preferentially activated by choline | Sensory neurons including nonsynaptic regions | Yassin et al. 2001 |
| ACR-5 | — | DB/VB motor neurons | Esmaeili et al. 2002 |
| ACR-16 | Homomeric cation channel, levamisole is antagonist | — | Ballivet et al. 1996 Raymond et al. 2000 |
| UNC-38/UNC-29/LEV-1 | Cation channel, levamisole is agonist | UNC-29: body and head muscles, central neurophil | Fleming et al. 1997 |
| UNC-63/UNC-29/LEV-1 | Cation channel, levamisole is agonist | UNC-63: body muscles, motor and head ganglia neurons LEV-1: body muscles, motor neurons | E. Culetto and D.B. Sattelle, pers. comm. |
| UNC-38/ACR-2 | Cation channel, levamisole is agonist | — | Squire et al. 1995 |
| UNC-38/ACR-3 | Cation channel, levamisole is agonist | — | Baylis et al. 1997 |
The α subunits are underlined.