The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Ventral Anterior Homeobox 2 across different species:

ventral anterior homeobox 2 (VAX2), ventral anterior homeobox containing gene 2 (Vax2), ventral anterior homeobox 2 (Vax2), ventral anterior homeobox 2 (vax2), ventral anterior homeobox 2 (vax2-b), ventral anterior homeobox 2 (Tsp_02192)

Other aliases include:

DRES93, MGC144411, MGC144412, VAX2, vax3, xvax2, dres93

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Ventral Anterior Homeobox 2:

ventral anterior homeobox 2 – ventral retina homeodomain protein – ventral anterior homeobox containing gene 2 – ventral anterior homeobox 2b – ventral anterior homeobox 3

Ventral Anterior Homeobox 2 fulfills a number of functions:

chromatin DNA binding – sequence-specific DNA binding – transcription factor activity – DNA binding – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity – transcription regulator activity

Ventral Anterior Homeobox 2 is relevant to the following processes:

axonogenesis – dorsal/ventral axis specification – ectoderm development – embryonic eye morphogenesis – multicellular organismal development – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – retina development in camera-type eye – visual perception – camera-type eye development – regulation of transcription – transcription

Locations for Ventral Anterior Homeobox 2:

cytoplasm – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology