The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Tenascin XB across different species:

tenascin XB (TNXB), tenascin XB (Tnxb)

Other aliases include:

XB, TNX, XBS, HXBL, TENX, TNXB1, TNXB2, TNXBS, Tnx, TN-MHC, tenascin-X, TNXB, TN-Y, MGC188001

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Tenascin XB:

tenascin XB – tenascin-X – tenascin XB1 – tenascin XB2 – hexabrachion-like – growth-inhibiting protein 45 – tenascin X – tenascin Y – tenascin X B – tenascin X pseudogene – tenascin-X-like

Tenascin XB fulfills a number of functions:

heparin binding – integrin binding – collagen binding – receptor binding

Tenascin XB is relevant to the following processes:

actin cytoskeleton organization – cell adhesion – collagen metabolic process – elastic fiber assembly – signal transduction – cell-cell adhesion – cell-matrix adhesion – collagen fibril organization – extracellular matrix organization – fatty acid metabolic process – fibril organization – lipid metabolic process – phospholipid metabolic process – positive regulation of cell adhesion – regulation of JUN kinase activity – triglyceride metabolic process – chloride transport – neuronal action potential propagation

Locations for Tenascin XB:

extracellular region – fibrillar collagen – intracellular – proteinaceous extracellular matrix – extracellular space – sarcolemma

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology