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Facts about Growth/differentiation factor 6.
Establishes dorsal-ventral positional information in the retina and controls the formation of the retinotectal map (PubMed:23307924). Plays a crucial role in establishing boundaries between skeletal elements during development.
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Gdf6 |
| Uniprot: | P43028 |
| Entrez: | 242316 |

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

BMP13; BMP-13; CDMP2; GDF16; GDF6; GDF-6; growth differentiation factor 6; Growth/differentiation factor 16; growth/differentiation factor 6; KFS; KFS1; KFSL; MCOP4; MCOPCB6; MGC158100; MGC158101; SCDO4; SGM1
Mass (kDA):
50.942 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 4|4 A1 |
| Sequence: | 4; |
Expressed in different subsets of developing joints.



PMID: 8145850 by Storm E.E., et al. Limb alterations in brachypodism mice due to mutations in a new member of the TGF beta-superfamily.
PMID: 12606286 by Settle S.H. Jr., et al. Multiple joint and skeletal patterning defects caused by single and double mutations in the mouse Gdf6 and Gdf5 genes.