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

laminin, alpha 4 (LAMA4), laminin, alpha 4 (Lama4), laminin, alpha 4 (lama4)

Other aliases include:

LAMA3, LAMA4*-1, DKFZp686D23145, RGD1560062, si:dkey-119m7.3, si:busm1-189a20.2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Laminin, alpha 4:

laminin subunit alpha-4 – OTTHUMP00000017044 – laminin alpha 4 chain – laminin-8 subunit alpha – laminin-9 subunit alpha – laminin-14 subunit alpha – laminin, alpha 4 – laminin subunit alpha-4-like

Laminin, alpha 4 fulfills a number of functions:

extracellular matrix structural constituent – receptor binding

Laminin, alpha 4 is relevant to the following processes:

blood vessel development – brown fat cell differentiation – regulation of cell adhesion – regulation of cell migration – regulation of embryonic development – blood vessel morphogenesis – cell adhesion – muscle attachment – notochord development

Locations for Laminin, alpha 4:

basal lamina – basement membrane – extracellular region – laminin-1 complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology