The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 across different species:

insulin-like growth factor 2 (somatomedin A) (IGF2), insulin-like growth factor II (LOC100136550), insulin-like growth factor 2a (igf2a), insulin-like growth factor 2 (LOC398240), insulin-like growth factor 2 (LOC100218445)

Other aliases include:

INSIGF, pp9974, C11orf43, FLJ22066, FLJ44734, LOC100136550, igf2, igf2b, IGF-II, MGC91781, zgc:91781, wu:fc26e03, LOC398240

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2:

insulin-like growth factor 2 – somatomedin A – OTTHUMP00000011018 – OTTHUMP00000011157 – insulin-like growth factor II – insulin-like growth factor type 2 – putative insulin-like growth factor II associated protein – insulin-like growth factor 2a – etID31232.25 – insulin-like growth factor 2b

Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 fulfills a number of functions:

growth factor activity – hormone activity – insulin receptor binding – insulin-like growth factor receptor binding – protein binding

Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 is relevant to the following processes:

carbohydrate metabolic process – genetic imprinting – glucose metabolic process – multicellular organismal development – organ morphogenesis – osteoblast differentiation – positive regulation of MAPKKK cascade – positive regulation of cell division – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway – positive regulation of mitosis – positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling cascade – regulation of gene-specific transcription – skeletal system development

Locations for Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology