The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Piwi-Like 2 (Drosophila) across different species:

piwi-like 2 (Drosophila) (PIWIL2), piwi-like protein 2 (LOC100301588)

Other aliases include:

CT80, HILI, mili, PIWIL1L, FLJ10351, MGC133049

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Piwi-Like 2 (Drosophila):

piwi-like 2 – Hiwi-like – Miwi like – cancer/testis antigen 80 – piwi-like protein 2

Piwi-Like 2 (Drosophila) fulfills a number of functions:

piRNA binding – protein binding

Piwi-Like 2 (Drosophila) is relevant to the following processes:

DNA methylation during gametogenesis – RNA 5'-end processing – cell differentiation – gene silencing by RNA – germ-line stem cell maintenance – meiosis – meiotic prophase I – multicellular organismal development – oogenesis – piRNA metabolic process – positive regulation of translation – spermatogenesis

Locations for Piwi-Like 2 (Drosophila):

P granule – chromatoid body – cytoplasm

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology