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Designing a Western blot for GDF3? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the GDF3 Western Blot GuideFacts about Growth/differentiation factor 3.
Regulates adipose-tissue homeostasis and energy balance under nutrient overload in part by signaling through the receptor complex based on ACVR1C and TDGF1/Cripto (PubMed:21805089). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | GDF3 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NR23 |
| Entrez: | 9573 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| TGF-beta family |

GDF3; GDF-3; growth differentiation factor 3; growth/differentiation factor 3; KFS3; MCOP7; MCOPCB6; Vgr-2
Mass (kDA):
41.387 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12p13.31 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (7689784..7695775, complement) |
Secreted. Cytoplasm. Mainly accumulated in the cytoplasm.




PMID: 21805089 by Li Q., et al. The conditioned medium from a stable human GDF3-expressing CHO cell line, induces the differentiation of PC12 cells.
PMID: 19864492 by Ye M., et al. Mutation of the bone morphogenetic protein GDF3 causes ocular and skeletal anomalies.