RARA, Official Symbol RARAprovided by HGNC Official Full Name retinoic acid receptor alphaprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:9864 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000131759 MIM:180240; AllianceGenome:HGNC:9864 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as RAR; NR1B1; RARalpha Summary This gene represents a nuclear retinoic acid receptor. The encoded protein, retinoic acid receptor alpha, regulates transcription in a ligand-dependent manner. This gene has been implicated in regulation of development, differentiation, apoptosis, granulopoeisis, and transcription of clock genes. Translocations between this locus and several other loci have been associated with acute promyelocytic leukemia. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this locus.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010] Expression Ubiquitous expression in lung (RPKM 10.4), spleen (RPKM 8.4) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all