METRN
Meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator is a protein that in humans is encoded by the METRN gene. [4]
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Aliases | METRN, C16orf23, c380A1.2, meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 610998 MGI: 1917333 HomoloGene: 11432 GeneCards: METRN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location (UCSC) | Chr 16: 0.72 – 0.72 Mb | n/a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Function
Meteorin regulates glial cell differentiation and promotes the formation of axonal networks during neurogenesis (Nishino et al., 2004 [PubMed 15085178]).
References
- GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000103260 - Ensembl, May 2017
- "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- "Entrez Gene: Meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator". Retrieved 2016-02-25.
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