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

myostatin (MSTN), myostatin (Mstn), myostatin (mstn), myostatin (AaeL_AAEL003224), myostatin (BRAFLDRAFT_290840), myostatin (LOC100125998)

Other aliases include:

GDF8, Cmpt, Gdf8, MGC124261, MGC124262, MGC124263, MSTN, GDF-8, gdf8, MGC109749, zgc:109749, NV13143, LOC100125998

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

myostatin – growth differentiation factor 8 – growth/differentiation factor 8 – GDF-8 – compact – growth/differentiation factor-8 – mstn-1 – Growth/differentiation factor 8

Myostatin fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – protein binding – receptor binding – molecular_function

Myostatin is relevant to the following processes:

growth – muscle organ development – positive regulation of transcription – transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway – negative regulation of muscle hypertrophy – negative regulation of skeletal muscle tissue growth – ovulation cycle process – response to electrical stimulus – response to estrogen stimulus – response to ethanol – response to glucocorticoid stimulus – response to gravity – response to heat – response to muscle activity – response to testosterone stimulus – skeletal muscle atrophy – skeletal muscle tissue regeneration – negative regulation of growth rate – negative regulation of striated muscle tissue development

Locations for Myostatin:

extracellular region – extracellular space – cytoplasm – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology