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XB-GENEPAGE-493936

Gene Symbol: acta2

Gene Name: actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta

Synonyms: aat6, actsa, mymy5, alpha smooth muscle actin, a-sma, sm-actin, SMactin, alpha-SM-actin, ASMA Add Xenopus synonyms

Gene Function: cytoskeletal constituent

Interactants: fgf4(2) , gata2(2) , Acta2 Ab1(1) , act3(1) , amh(1) , ash2l(1) , bmp4(1) View All
 
  XB-GENE-493937 XB-GENE-866302  
Molecules tropicalis laevis
Gene JGI XT Genome 7.1 JGI XT Genome 4.1 Ensembl 4.1 JGI XL Genome 6.0
Entrez Gene
Entrez Gene
mRNA Refseq Refseq
Protein Refseq Refseq
Genomic tropicalis
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Synteny Metazome
Expression tropicalis laevis
UniGene Str.67011 [+] [+]
Unigene EST Profile EST Profile
GEO data GEO
Images 8 expression image(s) for tropicalis and laevis
Orthology MOD Entrez Gene Genetic Phenotypes Morphants
human OMIM:Gene, HGNC ACTA2 OMIM:611788
mouse MGI Acta2 All(4) Targeted, knock Out(2) Targeted, other(2)
zebrafish ZFIN acta2
Publications
First: Ventrolateral regionalization of Xenopus laevis mesoderm is characterized by the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin. [Development 1992]
Most recent: WD repeat-containing protein 5, a ubiquitously expressed histone methyltransferase adaptor protein, regulates smooth muscle cell-selective gene activation through interaction with pituitary homeobox 2. [J Biol Chem 2011]
View All Papers 1 paper(s) referencing morpholinos
Functional Ontologies
GO: Molecular: motor activity
protein binding
structural constituent of cytoskeleton
      Biological:
      Cellular Component: actin filament
EC:
KOG: [Z] Actin and related proteins
Reagents tropicalis laevis
Clones open biosystems
geneservice/RZPD imagenes
Affymetrix 1.0 Str.5014.1.S1_at Xl.25861.1.S1_at
Affymetrix 2.0 Xl2.25861.1.S1_at

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