The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen RE1-Silencing Transcription Factor across different species:

RE1-silencing transcription factor (REST), RE1-silencing transcription factor (Rest), RE1-silencing transcription factor (rest-b), RE1-silencing transcription factor (rest)

Other aliases include:

XBR, NRSF, AA407358, MGC150099, 2610008J04Rik, xbr, nrsf, rest, resta, REST

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen RE1-Silencing Transcription Factor:

RE1-silencing transcription factor – repressor binding to the X2 box – neuron restrictive silencer factor – OTTMUSP00000023777 – OTTMUSP00000023778 – neural-restrictive silencer factor – zinc finger transcription factor REST protein – RE1-silencing transcription factor B – RE1-silencing transcription factor a – neural-restrictive silencer factor B – RE-1 silencer of transcription – neural restrictive silencer factor

RE1-Silencing Transcription Factor fulfills a number of functions:

metal ion binding – nucleic acid binding – protein binding – transcription repressor activity – zinc ion binding – DNA binding – chromatin binding – protein complex binding – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity

RE1-Silencing Transcription Factor is relevant to the following processes:

regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – negative regulation of neuron differentiation – negative regulation of transcription – negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – regulation of transcription – transcription – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

Locations for RE1-Silencing Transcription Factor:

cytoplasm – intracellular – nucleus – chromatin – protein complex – transcriptional repressor complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology