The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Plasminogen Activator, Urokinase across different species:

plasminogen activator, urokinase (PLAU), plasminogen activator, urokinase (Plau), plasminogen activator (PLAU), urokinase-type plasminogen activator (LOC100008633), urokinase-type plasminogen activator (CpipJ_CPIJ002131), urokinase-type plasminogen activator (CpipJ_CPIJ006543), urokinase-type plasminogen activator (CpipJ_CPIJ013396), urokinase-type plasminogen activator (CpipJ_CPIJ013623)

Other aliases include:

ATF, UPA, URK, u-PA, uPA, UPAM, MGC124931, PLAU, MGC139972, LOC100008633, plau, DKFZp469F0732

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Plasminogen Activator, Urokinase:

plasminogen activator, urokinase – U-plasminogen activator – plasminogen activator, urinary – urokinase-type plasminogen activator – uPA – Urinary plasminogen activator, urokinase – urokinase plasminogen activator preproprotein – Urokinase-type plasminogen activator

Plasminogen Activator, Urokinase fulfills a number of functions:

peptidase activity – serine-type endopeptidase activity – catalytic activity – hydrolase activity – kinase activity – serine-type peptidase activity

Plasminogen Activator, Urokinase is relevant to the following processes:

blood coagulation – chemotaxis – fibrinolysis – proteolysis – signal transduction – angiogenesis – regulation of cell proliferation – response to hypoxia – skeletal muscle tissue regeneration – smooth muscle cell migration – wound healing – blood vessel morphogenesis – embryo implantation – regulation of cell adhesion mediated by integrin – regulation of receptor activity – regulation of smooth muscle cell migration

Locations for Plasminogen Activator, Urokinase:

extracellular region – plasma membrane – cell surface – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology