The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Ephrin A5 across different species:

ephrin-A5 (EFNA5), ephrin-A5 (efna5), ephrin A5 (Efna5), ephrin-A5 (LOC100228846), ephrin-A5 (LOC100358004)

Other aliases include:

AF1, EFL5, RAGS, EPLG7, GLC1M, LERK7, EFNA5, af1, efl5, rags, eplg7, lerk7, AL-1, Epl7, EFL-5, LERK-7, AV158822, Ephrin-A5, Lerk7

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Ephrin A5:

ephrin-A5 – eph-related receptor tyrosine kinase ligand 7 – ephrin A5 – EPH-related receptor tyrosine kinase ligand 7 – AL-1 – LERK-7

Ephrin A5 fulfills a number of functions:

ephrin receptor binding – protein binding – chemorepellent activity – membrane

Ephrin A5 is relevant to the following processes:

cell differentiation – cell-cell signaling – multicellular organismal development – nervous system development – axonal fasciculation – brain development – retinal ganglion cell axon guidance – axon guidance – negative chemotaxis – central nervous system development

Locations for Ephrin A5:

anchored to plasma membrane – extracellular space – plasma membrane – anchored to membrane – membrane – caveola

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology