The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen BARX Homeobox 2 across different species:

BARX homeobox 2 (BARX2), BarH-like homeobox 2 (Barx2), BarH-like homeobox 2 (Barhl2), BarH-like 2 (Drosophila) (Barhl2), BarH-like homeobox 1 (Barhl1), BarH-like homeobox 2 (BARHL2), BarH-like homeobox 2 (barhl2), BarH-like 2 (BARHL2), BarH-like 1.2 (barhl1.2), BARX homeobox 2 (Barx2), BarH-like 2 (barhl2), BarH-like homeobox 2 (barx2), BARX homeobox 2 (LOC100231153)

Other aliases include:

MGC133368, MGC133369, Barx2b, 2310006E12Rik, Barh, MBH1, MGC90874, E130309B19Rik, Mbh2, Barhl2, BARX2B, xbh, XBH1, barh1, xbarhl2, BARX2, BARHL2, BarH3, wu:fc90f05, zgc:112193, B-H2, MGC113948, wu:fq39g04, zgc:113948

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen BARX Homeobox 2:

BarH-like homeobox 2 – homeodomain transcription factor BARX2 – BarH-like 2 – BarH-class homeodomain transcription factor – BarH-like 2 homeobox protein – BarH-like homeobox 1 – BarH-like 1 – BARX homeobox 2 – homeodomain transcription factor BARX2B – Bar homeobox protein XBH1 – Homeobox protein BarH-like 2 – homeobox transcription factor Barx2 – BarH-like 1.2 – BarH-class homeodomain transcription factor 3 – barH-class homeodomain transcription factor

BARX Homeobox 2 fulfills a number of functions:

chromatin binding – protein binding – sequence-specific DNA binding – transcription factor activity – DNA binding – transcription regulator activity – molecular_function

BARX Homeobox 2 is relevant to the following processes:

cartilage condensation – catagen – myotube differentiation – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – regulation of transcription – transcription – cell fate commitment – cell fate determination – multicellular organismal development – nervous system development – neuron differentiation – neuron migration – positive regulation of translation – regulation of axon extension – regulation of neuron differentiation – regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – midbrain development – negative regulation of neuron apoptosis – sensory perception of sound – regulation of cellular transcription – regulation of cellular transcription, DNA-dependent

Locations for BARX Homeobox 2:

nucleus – transcription factor complex – cytoplasm – nucleolus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology