METRN
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: METRN
- Official Name: meteorin, glial cell differentiation regulator
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 79006
- UniProt: Q9UJH8
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Involved in both glial cell differentiation and axonal network formation during neurogenesis. Promotes astrocyte differentiation and transforms cerebellar astrocytes into radial glia. Also induces axonal extension in small and intermediate neurons of sensory ganglia by activating nearby satellite glia (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 14807
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 2.12