The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Follistatin across different species:

Follistatin (Fs), follistatin (fst), follistatin (FST), follistatin (LOC100033825), follistatin (Fst)

Other aliases include:

CG12955, CG12956, Fol1, dFS, dFol1, Dmel\CG33466, CG33466, FS, xfs, MGC79635, FST, fst, LOC100033825, Fst, AL033346, FOL1, Fst-288, RATFOL1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Follistatin:

follistatin – CG33466-PA – Fs-PA – follistatin 1 – dFollistatin – GLEAN_09170 – follistatin A – OTTHUMP00000221842 – activin-binding protein – follistatin isoform FST317 – FS – follistatin-A

Follistatin fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – activin binding – heparan sulfate proteoglycan binding – signal transducer activity

Follistatin is relevant to the following processes:

BMP signaling pathway – female gonad development – gamete generation – hair follicle morphogenesis – keratinocyte proliferation – negative regulation of cell differentiation – odontogenesis of dentine-containing tooth – pattern specification process – positive regulation of hair follicle development – hemopoietic progenitor cell differentiation – negative regulation of activin receptor signaling pathway – negative regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone secretion – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

Locations for Follistatin:

extracellular region – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology