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

fibrinogen alpha chain (FGA), fibrinogen alpha chain (Fga), fibrinogen alpha chain (fga), fibrinogen alpha chain (CpipJ_CPIJ010090)

Other aliases include:

FGA, MGC128011, Fib, ENSMUSG00000059807, sb:cb892, zgc:92117, wu:fa55c12, wu:fi39d04, Fba5e, Ac1873, MGC156536, Fib2, MGC119422, MGC119423, MGC119425

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

fibrinogen, alpha polypeptide – fibrinogen A-alpha chain – fibrinogen, A alpha polypeptide – fibrinogen alpha chain – carboxy-terminal region – fibrinogen A-alpha-chain – pre-fibrinogen alpha subunit – fibrinogen alpha subunit – fibrinogen alpha-E subunit – fibrinogen, alpha chain, isoform alpha preproprotein

Fibrinogen alpha fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding, bridging – receptor binding – blood coagulation – eukaryotic cell surface binding – molecular_function

Fibrinogen alpha is relevant to the following processes:

platelet activation – protein polymerization – signal transduction – cell cortex – blood coagulation – response to calcium ion – tissue regeneration

Locations for Fibrinogen alpha:

cell cortex – extracellular region – fibrinogen complex – cellular_component – external side of plasma membrane – plasma membrane – platelet alpha granule lumen

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology