The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Laminin, alpha 3 across different species:

laminin, alpha 3 (LAMA3), laminin, alpha 3 (Lama3), laminin, alpha 3 (lama3)

Other aliases include:

E170, LOCS, BM600, LAMNA, lama3a, [a]3B, Lama3B, LAMA3

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Laminin, alpha 3:

laminin alpha 3 subunit – BM600 150kD subunit – nicein 150kD subunit – kalinin 165kD subunit – laminin-5 alpha 3 chain – epiligrin 170 kda subunit – epiligrin alpha 3 subunit – laminin, alpha 3 (nicein (150kD), kalinin (165kD), BM600 (150kD), epilegrin) – laminin subunit alpha-3 – nicein, 150kDa – nicein subunit alpha – kalinin subunit alpha – epiligrin subunit alpha – laminin-5 subunit alpha – laminin-6 subunit alpha – laminin-7 subunit alpha – laminin, alpha 3 – laminin 5 alpha 3 – alpha3A chain laminin – laminin subunit alpha-3-like

Laminin, alpha 3 fulfills a number of functions:

receptor binding – structural molecule activity – protein binding

Laminin, alpha 3 is relevant to the following processes:

epidermis development – regulation of cell adhesion – regulation of cell migration – regulation of embryonic development – cell adhesion – cell-cell adhesion – hemidesmosome assembly

Locations for Laminin, alpha 3:

basement membrane – extracellular region – laminin-1 complex – cell-cell adherens junction – extracellular matrix – hemidesmosome – laminin-3 complex – laminin-5 complex – proteinaceous extracellular matrix

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology