The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen alpha Actin, Smooth Muscle across different species:

actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta (ACTA2), actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta (Acta2), smooth muscle alpha-actin (Acta2), actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta (acta2), actin, alpha 1, skeletal muscle (acta1)

Other aliases include:

AAT6, ACTSA, Actvs, a-SMA, SMalphaA, 0610041G09Rik, Acta2, wu:fb63d03, ACTA2, asma, MGC78870, acta, cftd, mpfd, nem1, nem2, nem3, acta2, cftd1, cftdm, MGC52636, MGC79039, MGC89192, actc1, actsa, MGC127800, ACT-4, DKFZp469E0314

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen alpha Actin, Smooth Muscle:

alpha 2 actin – alpha-cardiac actin – growth-inhibiting gene 46 – actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta – actin, alpha, vascular smooth muscle – smooth muscle alpha-actin – alpha-actin – actin, alpha 1, skeletal muscle – actin alpha cardiac 1 – actin, aortic smooth muscle – alpha actin 2 – vascular smooth muscle alpha-actin – alpha-smooth muscle actin – actin, aortic smooth muscle-like

alpha Actin, Smooth Muscle fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – nucleotide binding – protein binding

alpha Actin, Smooth Muscle is relevant to the following processes:

regulation of blood pressure – vascular smooth muscle contraction – actomyosin structure organization – apoptosis – cardiac muscle tissue morphogenesis – cardiac myofibril assembly – muscle contraction – muscle thin filament assembly – biological_process – skeletal muscle fiber development

Locations for alpha Actin, Smooth Muscle:

actin cytoskeleton – cytoplasm – smooth muscle contractile fiber – cytoskeleton – I band – actin filament – cytosol – soluble fraction – stress fiber – striated muscle thin filament

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology