Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.2.0)
Predicted to enable cytokine activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including endoderm development; in utero embryonic development; and mesoderm development. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including embryo mesoderm; future midbrain; genitourinary system; nervous system; and primitive streak. Used to study annular pancreas. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in congenital heart disease; multiple types of congenital heart defects 6; and visceral heterotaxy. Orthologous to human GDF1 (growth differentiation factor 1).
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