The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Fibroblast Growth Factor 9 across different species:

fibroblast growth factor 9 (glia-activating factor) (FGF9), fibroblast growth factor 9 (glia-activating factor) (fgf9-A), fibroblast growth factor 9 (glia-activating factor) (LOC100217634), fibroblast growth factor 9 (Fgf9), fibroblast growth factor 9 (LOC100355861)

Other aliases include:

GAF, SYNS3, HBFG-9, MGC119914, MGC119915, fgf9-A, XFGF-9, LOC100217634, Eks

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Fibroblast Growth Factor 9:

fibroblast growth factor 9 – glia-activating factor – fibroblast growth factor 9 (glia-activating factor) – GAF – FGF-9 – HBGF-9 – elbow knee synostosis – glia activating factor

Fibroblast Growth Factor 9 fulfills a number of functions:

growth factor activity – heparin binding – fibroblast growth factor receptor binding

Fibroblast Growth Factor 9 is relevant to the following processes:

angiogenesis – cell-cell signaling – chondrocyte differentiation – embryonic gut development – embryonic limb morphogenesis – embryonic skeletal system development – inner ear morphogenesis – lung development – male gonad development – male sex determination – negative regulation of Wnt receptor signaling pathway – osteoblast differentiation – positive regulation of MAPKKK cascade – positive regulation of cardiac muscle cell proliferation – positive regulation of cell division – positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation – positive regulation of fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling pathway – positive regulation of mesenchymal cell proliferation – positive regulation of smoothened signaling pathway – positive regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway – protein import into nucleus – regulation of timing of cell differentiation – signal transduction – cell differentiation – embryonic digestive tract development – fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling pathway – lung-associated mesenchyme development – multicellular organismal development – positive regulation of canonical Wnt receptor signaling pathway – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of gene expression

Locations for Fibroblast Growth Factor 9:

extracellular region – extracellular space – basement membrane – cytoplasm

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology