The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Heat Shock Factor 2 across different species:

heat shock transcription factor 2 (HSF2), heat shock factor 2 (Hsf2), heat shock transcription factor 2 (Hsf2), heat shock factor 2 (hsf2)

Other aliases include:

MGC75048, MGC117376, MGC156196, AI661205, zfHSF2, hsf2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Heat Shock Factor 2:

heat shock transcription factor 2 – heat shock factor 2 – heat shock factor protein 2 – HSF 2 – HSTF 2 – zK150H13.1.1 (heat shock factor 2)

Heat Shock Factor 2 fulfills a number of functions:

protein homodimerization activity – sequence-specific DNA binding – transcription coactivator activity – transcription factor activity – DNA binding – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity

Heat Shock Factor 2 is relevant to the following processes:

regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – response to stress – spermatogenesis – transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of transcription – transcription

Locations for Heat Shock Factor 2:

cytoplasm – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology