METRN

METRN
Identifiers
AliasesMETRN, C16orf23, c380A1.2, meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator
External IDsMGI: 1917333 HomoloGene: 11432 GeneCards: METRN
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 16 (human)[1]
Band16p13.3Start715,115 bp[1]
End719,655 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

79006

70083

Ensembl

ENSG00000103260

ENSMUSG00000002274

UniProt

Q9UJH8

Q8C1Q4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_024042

NM_133719

RefSeq (protein)

NP_076947

NP_598480

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 0.72 – 0.72 MbChr 17: 25.79 – 25.8 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator is a protein that in humans is encoded by the METRN gene. [5]

Function

Meteorin regulates glial cell differentiation and promotes the formation of axonal networks during neurogenesis (Nishino et al., 2004 [PubMed 15085178]).

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000103260 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000002274 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  5. "Entrez Gene: Meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator". Retrieved 2016-02-25.

Further reading

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