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

amelogenin (amelogenesis imperfecta 1, X-linked) (AMELX), amelogenin, Y-linked (AMELY), amelogenin (amel-a), amelogenin (amel-b), amelogenin (LOC396714), amelogenin (AMELX), amelogenin (AMELY), amelogenin X chromosome (Amelx), amelogenin (AMEL)

Other aliases include:

AMG, AIH1, ALGN, AMGL, AMGX, AMGY, AMELY, amel-a, amel-b, LOC396714, AMELX, Amel

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

amelogenin (X chromosome) – amelogenin (X chromosome, amelogenesis imperfecta 1) – amelogenin, Y-linked – amelogenin (Y chromosome) – Y-linked amelogenin – amelogenin – amelogenin 173A – amelogenin, X-linked – Amelogenin, Y isoform

Amelogenin fulfills a number of functions:

cell surface binding – growth factor activity – hydroxyapatite binding – identical protein binding – structural constituent of tooth enamel – protein binding

Amelogenin is relevant to the following processes:

cell adhesion – cell proliferation – chondrocyte differentiation – enamel mineralization – epithelial to mesenchymal transition – ion homeostasis – multicellular organismal development – odontogenesis of dentine-containing tooth – osteoblast differentiation – positive regulation of collagen biosynthetic process – positive regulation of tooth mineralization – signal transduction – biomineral formation – tooth mineralization

Locations for Amelogenin:

extracellular matrix part – extracellular region – nucleus – proteinaceous extracellular matrix – basement membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology