cerberus (cerberus-related protein, CER1)

Function

• cytokine
• may play a role in anterior neural induction & somite formation during embryogenesis in part through a BMP- inhibitory mechanism
• regulates Nodal signaling during gastrulation
• formation & patterning of primitive streak
• forms dimers

Compartment

secreted

More general terms

• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/603777
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O95813.html