The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Platelet Glycoprotein Ib alpha Chain across different species:

glycoprotein Ib (platelet), alpha polypeptide (GP1BA), glycoprotein 1b, alpha polypeptide (Gp1ba)

Other aliases include:

BSS, GP1B, CD42B, MGC34595, CD42b-alpha, GPIba, GPIbalpha

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Platelet Glycoprotein Ib alpha Chain:

platelet glycoprotein Ib alpha polypeptide – platelet membrane glycoprotein 1b-alpha subunit – platelet glycoprotein Ib alpha chain – GP-Ib alpha – OTTMUSP00000006354 – glycoprotein Ibalpha

Platelet Glycoprotein Ib alpha Chain fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – thrombin receptor activity

Platelet Glycoprotein Ib alpha Chain is relevant to the following processes:

cell adhesion – cell morphogenesis – cell surface receptor linked signal transduction – fibrinolysis – platelet activation – regulation of blood coagulation – blood coagulation – hemostasis

Locations for Platelet Glycoprotein Ib alpha Chain:

integral to plasma membrane – membrane fraction – plasma membrane – platelet alpha granule membrane – integral to membrane – membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology