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

Notch homolog 2 (Drosophila) (NOTCH2), Notch gene homolog 2 (Drosophila) (Notch2), Notch homolog 2 (Drosophila) (Notch2), notch 2 (NOTCH2), notch 2 (notch2), Notch homolog 2 (Drosophila) (LOC100224680)

Other aliases include:

hN2, AGS2, N2, AI853703, NOTCH2

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

notch 2 – neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 2 – Motch B – notch gene homolog 2 – Notch homolog 2 (Drosophila) – neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 2-like

Notch 2 fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – ligand-regulated transcription factor activity – protein binding – protein heterodimerization activity – receptor activity

Notch 2 is relevant to the following processes:

Notch signaling pathway – anti-apoptosis – cell cycle arrest – cell differentiation – cell fate determination – cell growth – hemopoiesis – induction of apoptosis – multicellular organismal development – negative regulation of cell proliferation – nervous system development – organ morphogenesis – positive regulation of Ras protein signal transduction – regulation of developmental process – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – stem cell maintenance – determination of left/right symmetry – embryonic limb morphogenesis – morphogenesis of an epithelial sheet – positive regulation of apoptosis – regulation of transcription – transcription – wound healing – tissue regeneration

Locations for Notch 2:

cell surface – integral to plasma membrane – nucleus – plasma membrane – integral to membrane – membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology