The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen CCAAT/enhancer-Binding Protein alpha across different species:

CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), alpha (CEBPA), CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), alpha (Cebpa), CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), alpha (cebpa), CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (cebpa)

Other aliases include:

CEBP, C/EBP-alpha, Cebp, CBF-A, C/ebpalpha, DBPCEP, c/ebpa, cb1062, wu:fj20f03, MGC151891, cebpa, C/EBPalpha

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen CCAAT/enhancer-Binding Protein alpha:

CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha – CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha – C/EBP alpha – CCAAT/enhancer binding protein, alpha – CAAT/enhancer-binding protein DNA-binding protein – CAAT/enhancer-binding protein, DNA-binding protein – fj20f03 – chunp6777 – c/EBP alpha

CCAAT/enhancer-Binding Protein alpha fulfills a number of functions:

RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity, enhancer binding – promoter binding – protein homodimerization activity – specific RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity – transcription factor binding – DNA binding – protein binding – protein complex binding – protein dimerization activity – protein domain specific binding – protein heterodimerization activity – sequence-specific DNA binding – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity – transcription activator activity – transcription repressor activity

CCAAT/enhancer-Binding Protein alpha is relevant to the following processes:

brown fat cell differentiation – cell maturation – cytokine-mediated signaling pathway – embryonic placenta development – generation of precursor metabolites and energy – interspecies interaction between organisms – liver development – lung development – macrophage differentiation – mitochondrion organization – myeloid cell differentiation – negative regulation of cell proliferation – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – positive regulation of gene-specific transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – positive regulation of transcription – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – urea cycle – cellular response to lithium ion – cellular response to organic cyclic substance – fat cell differentiation – negative regulation of transcription – positive regulation of fat cell differentiation – regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of transcription – transcription – white fat cell differentiation – acute-phase response – cell differentiation – organ regeneration – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase III promoter – response to glucocorticoid stimulus – response to nutrient – response to vitamin B2 – hemopoiesis

Locations for CCAAT/enhancer-Binding Protein alpha:

nucleus – transcription factor complex – Rb-E2F complex – nuclear matrix – protein complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology