- GDF6
protein
Name = growth differentiation factor 6 (cartilage-derived morphogenetic protein 2)
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HGNCid = 4221
Symbol = GDF6
AltSymbols = BMP13, CDMP2, GDF16
EntrezGene = 392255
OMIM = 601147
RefSeq = NM_001001557
UniProt = Q6KF10
PDB =
ECnumber =
Chromosome = 8
Arm = q
Band = 22.1
LocusSupplementaryData =Growth differentiation factor 6 (GDF6) is a protein belonging to the
transforming growth factor beta superfamily that may regulate patterning of theectoderm by interacting withbone morphogenetic protein s, [cite journal |author=Chang C, Hemmati-Brivanlou A |title=Xenopus GDF6, a new antagonist of noggin and a partner of BMPs |journal=Development |volume=126 |issue=15 |pages=3347–57 |year=1999 |pmid=10393114] and control eye development. [cite journal |author=Asai-Coakwell M, French C, Berry K, Ye M, Koss R, Somerville M, Mueller R, van Heyningen V, Waskiewicz A, Lehmann O |title=GDF6, a novel locus for a spectrum of ocular developmental anomalies |journal=Am J Hum Genet |volume=80 |issue=2 |pages=306–15 |year=2007 |pmid=17236135 |doi=10.1086/511280] [cite journal |author=Hanel M, Hensey C |title=Eye and neural defects associated with loss of GDF6 |journal=BMC Dev Biol |volume=6 |issue= |pages=43 |year= |pmid=17010201 |doi=10.1186/1471-213X-6-43]References
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