| 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 Growth Differentiation Factor 9 Growth/Differentiation Factor 9 GDF9 GDF9 Protein GDF-9 |
| label |
Growth/Differentiation Factor 9 |
| Legacy Concept Name |
Growth_Differentiation_Factor-9 |
| OMIM_Number |
601918 |
| Preferred_Name |
Growth/Differentiation Factor 9 |
| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C26375 |
| prefLabel |
Growth/Differentiation Factor 9 |
| Semantic_Type |
Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein |
| Swiss_Prot |
O60383 |
| UMLS_CUI |
C1686883 |
| subClassOf |