The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Homeobox A9 across different species:

homeobox A9 (HOXA9), homeobox A9 (Hoxa9), homeobox A9 (hoxa9), homeobox A9-like (Hoxa9l), HOXA9A (hxoa9a)

Other aliases include:

HOX1, ABD-B, HOX1G, HOX1.7, MGC1934, D6a9, Hox-1.7, HOXA-9, Hoxa7, Hox1r5, MGC155055, xhoxa9, XlHbox6, hoxa9-A, XlHbox-6, Hoxa9, RGD1310001, HOXA9

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Homeobox A9:

homeobox A9 – homeo box A9 – homeobox protein HOXA9 – homeodomain protein HOXA9 – homeobox protein Hox-A9 – OTTMUSP00000020422 – homeobox protein Hox-1.7 – homeobox protein Hox-A7 – hox-1.1 – Homeobox gene A7 – homeobox protein R5 – homeobox protein Hox-1.1 – homeobox protein A9 – XIHbox 6 – homeobox A9-like – HOXA9A

Homeobox A9 fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – sequence-specific DNA binding – transcription activator activity – transcription factor activity – DNA binding – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity – transcription regulator activity – transcription factor binding – transcription repressor activity

Homeobox A9 is relevant to the following processes:

multicellular organismal development – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – anterior/posterior pattern formation – definitive hemopoiesis – embryonic forelimb morphogenesis – embryonic skeletal system development – mammary gland development – proximal/distal pattern formation – regulation of transcription – transcription – angiogenesis – embryonic skeletal system morphogenesis – negative regulation of cell-matrix adhesion – negative regulation of keratinocyte differentiation – negative regulation of leukocyte migration – negative regulation of monocyte differentiation – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

Locations for Homeobox A9:

nucleus – cytoplasm – transcription factor complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology