The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, alpha across different species:

hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, alpha (HNF4A), hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, alpha (hnf4a), Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (Hnf4)

Other aliases include:

HNF4A, HNF4alpha, HNF-4alpha, DmHNF4, HNF-4, HNF-4(D), HNF4, Hnf-4h, NR2A4, dHNF-4, dHNF4, DmelCG9310, CG9310

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, alpha:

hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha – nuclear receptor – hepatic nuclear factor 4alpha – hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, alpha – hepatic nuclear factor 4 – hepatocyte nuclear factor 4-alpha-like – hepatocyte nuclear factor 4-alpha – hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, isoform A – CG9310-PA – Hnf4-PA – hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 homologue – hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 – hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, isoform D – CG9310-PD – Hnf4-PD – hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, isoform B – CG9310-PB – Hnf4-PB – hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, isoform C – CG9310-PC – Hnf4-PC

Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, alpha fulfills a number of functions:

RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity, enhancer binding – metal ion binding – promoter binding – steroid binding – steroid hormone receptor activity – transcription activator activity – zinc ion binding – ligand-dependent nuclear receptor activity – sequence-specific DNA binding – transcription factor activity

Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, alpha is relevant to the following processes:

lipid metabolic process – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – endoderm development – lipid biosynthetic process – mesoderm development

Locations for Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, alpha:

nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology