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

elastin (ELN), elastin (Eln), elastin (Tcur_2481), elastin (Kfla_2289)

Other aliases include:

ELN, MGC148808, WS, WBS, SVAS, FLJ38671, FLJ43523, AI385707, AI480567, E030024M20Rik, Trela, TREL11, Trela26, RATTREL11

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

elastin – elastin (supravalvular aortic stenosis, Williams-Beuren syndrome) – tropoelastin – OTTHUMP00000211820 – OTTHUMP00000211857 – OTTHUMP00000211858 – OTTHUMP00000211859 – OTTHUMP00000211862 – OTTHUMP00000211864 – OTTHUMP00000211865 – Tropoelastin

Elastin fulfills a number of functions:

extracellular matrix binding – extracellular matrix structural constituent – protein binding – extracellular matrix constituent conferring elasticity

Elastin is relevant to the following processes:

extracellular matrix organization – regulation of actin filament polymerization – skeletal muscle tissue development – stress fiber formation – blood circulation – cell proliferation – organ morphogenesis – respiratory gaseous exchange – blood vessel remodeling – stress fiber assembly – elastic fiber assembly

Locations for Elastin:

extracellular region – proteinaceous extracellular matrix – insoluble fraction – mitochondrion

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology