The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Growth Differentiation Factor 6 across different species:

growth differentiation factor 6 (GDF6), growth differentiation factor 6 (Gdf6), growth differentiation factor 6 (gdf6), growth differentiation factor 6a (gdf6a)

Other aliases include:

KFS, KFSL, SGM1, BMP13, CDMP2, MGC158100, MGC158101, GDF16, gdf16, GDF6, CDMP-2, gdf6, rdr, sb:cb278

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Growth Differentiation Factor 6:

growth differentiation factor 6 – OTTMUSP00000004875 – growth differentiation factor 16 – growth/differentiation factor 6 – GDF-6 – growth/differentiation factor 16 – cartilage-derived morphogenetic protein 2 – growth/differentiation factor 6-A – darl – cb278 – radar – GDF-6-A – protein radar

Growth Differentiation Factor 6 fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – protein homodimerization activity

Growth Differentiation Factor 6 is relevant to the following processes:

BMP signaling pathway – activin receptor signaling pathway – growth – positive regulation of pathway-restricted SMAD protein phosphorylation – positive regulation of transcription – pathway-restricted SMAD protein phosphorylation – positive regulation of neuron differentiation – camera-type eye development – determination of ventral identity – dorsal/ventral pattern formation – embryonic retina morphogenesis in camera-type eye – embryonic skeletal system development – regulation of BMP signaling pathway – retina development in camera-type eye – retinal ganglion cell axon guidance

Locations for Growth Differentiation Factor 6:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology