Mstn (myostatin) - Rat Genome Database

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Keyword

Gene: Mstn (myostatin) Rattus norvegicus

Symbol:

Mstn

Name:

myostatin

Description:

ENCODES a protein that exhibits receptor binding (ortholog); INVOLVED IN negative regulation of muscle hypertrophy; negative regulation of skeletal muscle tissue growth; ovulation cycle process; ASSOCIATED WITH Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Burns; Cachexia; FOUND IN cytoplasm; extracellular space; INTERACTS WITH ammonium chloride; carvedilol; dexamethasone

Type:

protein-coding

RefSeq Status:

PROVISIONAL

Also known as:

GDF-8; Gdf8; growth differentiation factor 8; growth differentiation factor 8 ; growth/differentiation factor 8; myostatin

Orthologs:

Homo sapiens : MSTN (myostatin) HGNC
Mus musculus : Mstn (myostatin) MGI

Allele / Splice:

Mstn^em2Mcwi Mstn^em3Mcwi Mstn^em1Mcwi

Latest Assembly:

RGSC Genome Assembly v3.4

Position:

Map	Chr	Position	Strand	Source
Rat Cytogenetic Map	9	q22		NCBI
RGSC Genome Assembly v5.0	9	52,977,371 - 52,982,198	-	NCBI
RGSC Genome Assembly v3.4	9	45,426,831 - 45,431,658	-	NCBI
Rat Celera Assembly	9	46,124,738 - 46,129,565	-	NCBI
Genome Assembly 3.1	9	45,428,244 - 45,433,072	-	NCBI