The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Actin, alpha 2, Smooth Muscle, Aorta across different species:

actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta (ACTA2), actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta (Acta2), actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta (acta2), smooth muscle alpha-actin (Acta2), actin, alpha 1, skeletal muscle (acta1)

Other aliases include:

AAT6, ACTSA, Actvs, a-SMA, SMalphaA, 0610041G09Rik, wu:fb63d03, MGC78870, ACTA2, actc1, actsa, MGC89192, MGC127800, ACT-4, DKFZp469E0314, Acta2, asma, acta, cftd, mpfd, nem1, nem2, nem3, acta2, cftd1, cftdm, MGC52636, MGC79039

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Actin, alpha 2, Smooth Muscle, Aorta:

alpha 2 actin – alpha-cardiac actin – growth-inhibiting gene 46 – actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta – actin, alpha, vascular smooth muscle – actin alpha cardiac 1 – actin, aortic smooth muscle – alpha actin 2 – vascular smooth muscle alpha-actin – smooth muscle alpha-actin – alpha-actin – actin, alpha 1, skeletal muscle – alpha-smooth muscle actin – actin, aortic smooth muscle-like

Actin, alpha 2, Smooth Muscle, Aorta fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – nucleotide binding – protein binding

Actin, alpha 2, Smooth Muscle, Aorta is relevant to the following processes:

regulation of blood pressure – vascular smooth muscle contraction – biological_process – muscle thin filament assembly – skeletal muscle fiber development – actomyosin structure organization – apoptosis – cardiac muscle tissue morphogenesis – cardiac myofibril assembly – muscle contraction

Locations for Actin, alpha 2, Smooth Muscle, Aorta:

actin cytoskeleton – cytoplasm – smooth muscle contractile fiber – cytoskeleton – actin filament – cytosol – soluble fraction – stress fiber – striated muscle thin filament – I band

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology