EOG844P11 GO:0016021 119/447 integral component of membrane cellular_component "The component of a membrane consisting of the gene products and protein complexes having at least some part of their peptide sequence embedded in the hydrophobic region of the membrane." [GOC:dos, GOC:go_curators] EOG844P11 GO:0030054 108/447 cell junction cellular_component "A cellular component that forms a specialized region of connection between two or more cells or between a cell and the extracellular matrix. At a cell junction, anchoring proteins extend through the plasma membrane to link cytoskeletal proteins in one cell to cytoskeletal proteins in neighboring cells or to proteins in the extracellular matrix." [GOC:mah, http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/cmb/cells/pmemb/junctions_a.html, ISBN:0198506732] EOG844P11 GO:0004889 108/447 acetylcholine-activated cation-selective channel activity molecular_function "Enables the transmembrane transfer of a cation by a channel that opens upon binding acetylcholine." [GOC:mah, PMID:2466967] EOG844P11 GO:0045211 108/447 postsynaptic membrane cellular_component "A specialized area of membrane facing the presynaptic membrane on the tip of the nerve ending and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft). Neurotransmitters cross the synaptic cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane." [ISBN:0198506732] EOG844P11 GO:0005230 10/447 extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity molecular_function "Enables the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when a specific extracellular ligand has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts." [GOC:mtg_transport, ISBN:0815340729] EOG844P11 GO:0006811 6/447 ion transport biological_process "The directed movement of charged atoms or small charged molecules into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore." [GOC:ai] EOG844P11 GO:0005892 5/447 acetylcholine-gated channel complex cellular_component "A homo- or hetero-pentameric protein complex that forms a transmembrane channel through which ions may pass in response to acetylcholine binding." [GOC:bf, GOC:mah, PMID:12381728, PMID:15579462] EOG844P11 GO:0006812 5/447 cation transport biological_process "The directed movement of cations, atoms or small molecules with a net positive charge, into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore." [GOC:ai] EOG844P11 GO:0007271 3/447 synaptic transmission, cholinergic biological_process "The process of communication from a neuron to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a synapse using the neurotransmitter acetylcholine." [GOC:kmv, GOC:pr, Wikipedia:Cholinergic] EOG844P11 GO:0017085 2/447 response to insecticide biological_process "Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an insecticide stimulus. Insecticides are chemicals used to kill insects." [GOC:curators] EOG844P11 GO:0007268 2/447 synaptic transmission biological_process "The process of communication from a neuron to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a synapse." [GOC:jl, MeSH:D009435] EOG844P11 GO:0030431 1/447 sleep biological_process "Any process in which an organism enters and maintains a periodic, readily reversible state of reduced awareness and metabolic activity. Usually accompanied by physical relaxation, the onset of sleep in humans and other mammals is marked by a change in the electrical activity of the brain." [ISBN:0192800981]