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Summary Expression Phenotypes Gene Literature (141) GO Terms (3) Nucleotides (181) Proteins (75) Interactants (796) Wiki
XB-GENEPAGE-486295
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 fst

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follistatin

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foll , follistatin , xfs ( Nomenclature history )

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activin and bmp7 antagonist, also antagonizes bmp2/4 but less effectively

Protein Function :
Binds directly to activin and functions as an activin antagonist which plays a role in neural induction. The short isoform is a more potent inhibitor of activin than the long isoform. Specific inhibito...[+]



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Diseases: 


Disease Ontology:
polycystic ovary syndrome

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