Preferred Name |
Growth/Differentiation Factor 9 |
ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C26375 |
code |
C26375 |
DEFINITION |
Growth/differentiation factor 9 (454 aa, ~51 kDa) is encoded by the human GDF9 gene. This protein plays a role in folliculogenesis. |
DesignNote |
The active growth factor is released from the precursor following proteolytic cleavage at arginine at amino acid position 319 which is the final amino acid in a polybasic proteolytic processing site. (EntrezGene and UniProt) |
FULL_SYN |
GDF-9 Protein GDF9 Protein GDF-9 Growth Differentiation Factor 9 GDF9 |
label |
Growth/Differentiation Factor 9 |
Legacy_Concept_Name |
Growth_Differentiation_Factor-9 |
OMIM_Number |
601918 |
Preferred_Name |
Growth/Differentiation Factor 9 |
prefixIRI |
C26375 |
prefLabel |
Growth/Differentiation Factor 9 |
Semantic_Type |
Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein |
Swiss_Prot |
O60383 |
UMLS_CUI |
C0213144 |
subClassOf |