The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Left-Right Determination Factor 1 across different species:

left-right determination factor 1 (LEFTY1), left right determination factor 1 (Lefty1), lefty1 (lft1), signaling molecule lefty1 (lefty1), left-right determination factor 2 (LEFTY2)

Other aliases include:

LEFTB, LEFTYB, Ebaf, Leftb, Stra3, Tgfb4, lefty, lefty-1, AI450052, atv, cb73, antivin, ik:tdsubc_2b12, xx:tdsubc_2b12, LEFTY2, LEFTY1, RGD1561867

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Left-Right Determination Factor 1:

left-right determination, factor B – left-right determination factor 1 – TGF-beta-4 – protein lefty-1 – OTTMUSP00000023876 – transforming growth factor beta-4 – stimulated by retinoic acid gene 3 protein – lefty1 – signaling molecule lefty1 – left-right determination factor 2 – left-right determination factor 1-like

Left-Right Determination Factor 1 fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – transforming growth factor beta receptor binding

Left-Right Determination Factor 1 is relevant to the following processes:

cell growth – multicellular organismal development – transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway – anterior/posterior axis specification – cell migration involved in gastrulation – growth – negative regulation of cell proliferation – response to retinoic acid – determination of left/right symmetry – embryonic heart tube development

Locations for Left-Right Determination Factor 1:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology