The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Retinoic Acid Receptor, alpha across different species:

retinoic acid receptor, alpha (RARA), retinoic acid receptor, alpha (Rara), retinoic acid receptor alpha (rar-alpha)

Other aliases include:

RAR, NR1B1, Nr1b1, RARalpha1, RARA, rar-alpha

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Retinoic Acid Receptor, alpha:

retinoic acid receptor, alpha – Retinoic acid receptor, alpha polypeptide – nucleophosmin-retinoic acid receptor alpha fusion protein NPM-RAR long form – retinoic acid receptor alpha – RAR-alpha – RAR alpha 1 – OTTMUSP00000006834 – OTTMUSP00000006835 – OTTMUSP00000006836 – nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group B member 1 – retinoic acid receptor alpha-like

Retinoic Acid Receptor, alpha fulfills a number of functions:

metal ion binding – protein binding – retinoic acid binding – retinoic acid receptor activity – sequence-specific DNA binding – steroid hormone receptor activity – transcription coactivator activity – transcription factor activity – zinc ion binding – DNA binding – ligand-dependent nuclear receptor activity – mRNA 5'-UTR binding – promoter binding – receptor activity – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity – transcription regulator activity – transcription repressor activity – translation repressor activity, nucleic acid binding – chromatin DNA binding – enzyme binding – protein domain specific binding – protein heterodimerization activity – receptor binding – transcription activator activity – transcription corepressor activity

Retinoic Acid Receptor, alpha is relevant to the following processes:

estrogen receptor signaling pathway – negative regulation of interferon-gamma production – negative regulation of tumor necrosis factor production – positive regulation of T-helper 2 cell differentiation – positive regulation of interleukin-13 production – positive regulation of interleukin-4 production – positive regulation of interleukin-5 production – regulation of anti-apoptosis – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – response to estradiol stimulus – response to retinoic acid – retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway – signal transduction – cellular response to lipopolysaccharide – chondroblast differentiation – male gonad development – negative regulation of cartilage development – negative regulation of cell differentiation – negative regulation of cell proliferation – negative regulation of gene expression – negative regulation of transcription – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – negative regulation of translation – negative regulation of translational initiation – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of gene expression – positive regulation of neuron differentiation – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of granulocyte differentiation – regulation of synaptic plasticity – regulation of transcription – response to ethanol – spermatogenesis – transcription – ureteric bud development – ventricular cardiac muscle cell differentiation – apoptotic cell clearance – cellular response to estrogen stimulus – cellular response to retinoic acid – female pregnancy – hippocampus development – liver development – negative regulation of gene-specific transcription – negative regulation of granulocyte differentiation – positive regulation of binding – positive regulation of cell cycle – positive regulation of gene-specific transcription – positive regulation of transcription – prostate gland development – protein amino acid phosphorylation – response to cytokine stimulus – response to stress – response to vitamin A

Locations for Retinoic Acid Receptor, alpha:

cell surface – nucleus – perinuclear region of cytoplasm – cytoplasm – dendrite – neuronal cell body – synaptosome

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology