The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Activin A across different species:

inhibin beta-A (Inhba)

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Activin A:

inhibin beta A – activin A

Activin A fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – follistatin binding – growth factor activity – hormone activity – identical protein binding – protein heterodimerization activity – receptor binding

Activin A is relevant to the following processes:

G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle – cell cycle arrest – growth – hemoglobin biosynthetic process – induction of apoptosis – negative regulation of cell cycle – negative regulation of cell growth – positive regulation of erythrocyte differentiation – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of activin receptor signaling pathway

Locations for Activin A:

activin A complex – extracellular region – inhibin A complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology