gene: daf-7 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable cytokine activity and transforming growth factor beta receptor binding activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to organic substance; regulation of gene expression; and response to bacterium. Located in extracellular space. Expressed in coelomocyte; head neurons; pharynx; and in male. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy and vertebral hypersegmentation and orofacial anomalies. Is an ortholog of human GDF11 (growth differentiation factor 11).