The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Mad2p across different species:

Component of the spindle-assembly checkpoint complex, which delays the onset of anaphase in cells with defects in mitotic spindle assembly; forms a complex with Mad1p (MAD2)

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Mad2p:

Component of the spindle-assembly checkpoint complex, which delays the onset of anaphase in cells with defects in mitotic spindle assembly; forms a complex with Mad1p – Mad2p

Mad2p fulfills a number of functions:

molecular_function

Mad2p is relevant to the following processes:

cell cycle – cell division – chromosome decondensation – mitosis – mitotic cell cycle – mitotic cell cycle spindle assembly checkpoint – protein complex assembly

Locations for Mad2p:

condensed nuclear chromosome kinetochore – mitotic checkpoint complex – nuclear pore – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology