Biology:GDF1

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


A representation of the 3D structure of the protein myoglobin showing turquoise α-helices.
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Growth differentiation factor 1 (GDF1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GDF1 gene.[1]

GDF1 belongs to the transforming growth factor beta superfamily that has a role in left-right patterning and mesoderm induction during embryonic development.[2] It is found in the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves of embryos.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lee SJ (May 1991). "Expression of growth/differentiation factor 1 in the nervous system: conservation of a bicistronic structure". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88 (10): 4250–4. doi:10.1073/pnas.88.10.4250. PMID 2034669. Bibcode1991PNAS...88.4250L. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Regulation of left-right patterning in mice by growth/differentiation factor-1". Nat. Genet. 24 (3): 262–5. March 2000. doi:10.1038/73472. PMID 10700179. 

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