The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Endothelin 3 across different species:

endothelin 3 (EDN3), endothelin-3 (et-3), endothelin 3 (Edn3)

Other aliases include:

ET3, MGC15067, MGC61498, et-3, ls, tmgc48, 114CH19, 114-CH19, Et3, RGD1564825, preproET-3, PPET3, EDN3, MGC143242

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Endothelin 3:

endothelin 3 – truncated endothelin 3 – endothelin-3 – ET-3 – PPET3 – lethal spotting – OTTMUSP00000017796 – preproendothelin-3

Endothelin 3 fulfills a number of functions:

endothelin B receptor binding – hormone activity – bombesin receptor binding

Endothelin 3 is relevant to the following processes:

artery smooth muscle contraction – cell surface receptor linked signal transduction – cell-cell signaling – inositol phosphate-mediated signaling – multicellular organismal development – neutrophil chemotaxis – peptide hormone secretion – positive regulation of MAP kinase activity – positive regulation of heart rate – positive regulation of hormone secretion – positive regulation of leukocyte chemotaxis – positive regulation of mitosis – regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure by endothelin – regulation of vasoconstriction – vein smooth muscle contraction – melanocyte differentiation – negative regulation of hormone secretion – neural crest cell migration – neuron differentiation – positive regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of blood vessel size – regulation of cell migration – regulation of developmental pigmentation – regulation of neurotransmitter secretion – vasoconstriction – cell surface receptor linked signaling pathway – regulation of pigmentation during development

Locations for Endothelin 3:

extracellular region – extracellular space – soluble fraction – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology