The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Meis Homeobox 2 across different species:

Meis homeobox 2 (MEIS2), Meis homeobox 2 (Meis2), Meis homeobox 2 (meis2), myeloid ecotropic viral integration site 2.2 (meis2.2)

Other aliases include:

MRG1, MGC2820, HsT18361, MEIS2, mrg1, MGC139739, hst18361, DKFZp469A1832, Mrg1, Stra10, A430109D20Rik, fa26d08, wu:fa26d08

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Meis Homeobox 2:

Meis homeobox 2 – Meis homolog 2 – OTTHUMP00000160209 – Meis1-related gene 1 – TALE homeobox protein Meis2 – Meis1, myeloid ecotropic viral integration site 1 homolog 2 – homeobox protein Meis2 – myeloid ecotropic viral insertion site-2a protein – XMeis1-3 protein – homeobox protein Meis2-like – OTTMUSP00000016228 – myeloid ecotropic viral integration site-related gene 1 – Cbp/p300-interacting transactivator with Glu/Asp-rich carboxy-terminal domain 2

Meis Homeobox 2 fulfills a number of functions:

sequence-specific DNA binding – specific RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity – transcription corepressor activity – transcription factor activity – DNA binding – molecular_function – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity – transcription regulator activity

Meis Homeobox 2 is relevant to the following processes:

negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – eye development – pancreas development – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of transcription – response to mechanical stimulus – response to protein stimulus

Locations for Meis Homeobox 2:

cytoplasm – nucleolus – nucleus – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology