The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Integrin alpha 5 across different species:

integrin, alpha 5 (fibronectin receptor, alpha polypeptide) (ITGA5), integrin alpha 5 (fibronectin receptor alpha) (Itga5), integrin, alpha 5 (fibronectin receptor, alpha polypeptide) (itga5)

Other aliases include:

ITGA5, FNRA, CD49e, VLA5A, Fnra, Cd49e, sb:cb665, wu:fe02h07

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Integrin alpha 5:

integrin, alpha 5 (fibronectin receptor, alpha polypeptide) – integrin alpha 5 – fibronectin receptor, alpha subunit – very late activation protein 5, alpha subunit – fibronectin receptor alpha polypeptide – bfe – polypterus – before eight – integrin alpha5 – fibronectin receptor alpha subunit

Integrin alpha 5 fulfills a number of functions:

integrin binding – protein binding – receptor activity – calcium ion binding

Integrin alpha 5 is relevant to the following processes:

cell adhesion – cell-cell adhesion mediated by integrin – cell-substrate junction assembly – heterophilic cell adhesion – integrin-mediated signaling pathway – leukocyte adhesion – memory – interspecies interaction between organisms – wound healing, spreading of epidermal cells – skeletal system development – somitogenesis

Locations for Integrin alpha 5:

external side of plasma membrane – integral to membrane – membrane – synaptosome – cell-cell junction – focal adhesion – integrin complex – plasma membrane – ruffle membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology