The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 across different species:

vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM1), vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (Vcam1), vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (vcam1), adhesion molecule VCAM-1 (VCAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (LOC100232188), vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1)

Other aliases include:

CD106, MGC99561, INCAM-100, DKFZp779G2333, Vcam-1, VCAM1B, MGC108734, VCAM1, fi76d06, wu:fi76d06, zgc:158875, VCAM-1, DKFZp469N1820

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1:

vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 – CD106 antigen – vascular cell adhesion protein 1 – V-CAM 1 – VCAM-1 – vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 – vascular cell adhesion molecule 1-like – adhesion molecule VCAM-1 – vascular cell adhesion protein 1-like

Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 fulfills a number of functions:

cell adhesion molecule binding – integrin binding – molecular_function

Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 is relevant to the following processes:

B cell differentiation – heterophilic cell adhesion – interspecies interaction between organisms – leukocyte tethering or rolling – membrane to membrane docking – positive regulation of T cell proliferation – cell adhesion – cell-cell adhesion – chorio-allantoic fusion – embryonic placenta morphogenesis – heart development – heterophilic cell-cell adhesion – leukocyte cell-cell adhesion – acute inflammatory response – aging – chronic inflammatory response – response to hypoxia – response to ionizing radiation – response to nutrient

Locations for Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1:

apical part of cell – external side of plasma membrane – extracellular space – filopodium – integral to membrane – microvillus – plasma membrane – anchored to membrane – cell surface – membrane – sarcolemma

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology