METRN

METRN
Identifiers
Aliases	METRN, C16orf23, c380A1.2, meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator
External IDs	OMIM: 610998; MGI: 1917333; HomoloGene: 11432; GeneCards: METRN; OMA:METRN - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 16 (human)
End	719,655 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 17 (mouse)
End	26,016,110 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	C1 segment; ; right uterine tube; ; caudate nucleus; ; nucleus accumbens; ; Amygdala; ; right frontal lobe; ; putamen; ; anterior cingulate cortex; ; ventral tegmental area; ; anterior pituitary;
	Top expressed in
	optic nerve; ; cerebellar cortex; ; somite; ; cerebellar vermis; ; lobe of cerebellum; ; median eminence; ; interventricular septum; ; superior frontal gyrus; ; lumbar subsegment of spinal cord; ; visual cortex;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	hormone activity;
Cellular component	extracellular region; extracellular space;
Biological process	multicellular organism development; cell differentiation; glial cell differentiation; positive regulation of axonogenesis; nervous system development; signal transduction;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	79006
	70083
	ENSG00000103260
	ENSMUSG00000002274
	Q9UJH8
	Q8C1Q4
	NM_024042
	NM_133719
	NP_076947
	NP_598480
	Wikidata
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Meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator is a protein that in humans is encoded by the METRN gene.