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Left-Right Determination Factors

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Definition: Signaling ligands that act in opposition to NODAL PROTEIN. During vertebrate development they regulate the degree of left-right asymmetry by controlling the spatiotemporal influence of NODAL PROTEIN.      Other names Left Right Determination, Factor B; Left Right Determination Factors; Left Right Determination Factor Proteins; Left Right Determination Factor A; Left Right Determination Factor 2; Left Right Determination Factor 1; Determination Factors, Left-Right; Left-Right Determination, Factor B; Left-Right Determination Factor Proteins; Left-Right Determination Factor A; Left-Right Determination Factor 2; Left-Right Determination Factor 1; Lefty Proteins
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
Lefty2 protein, mouse  0   *Left-Right Determination Factors.
LEFTY1 protein, human  0   *Left-Right Determination Factors.
Xatv protein, Xenopus  0   *Xenopus Proteins *Left-Right Determination Factors.
kctd12.1 protein, zebrafish  0   *Nerve Tissue Proteins *Cation Transport Proteins *Zebrafish Proteins Left-Right Determination Factors. Development 2003 Mar;130(6):1059-68
LEFTY2 protein, human  0   *Left-Right Determination Factors. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000 Jul;85(7):2526-36
lft1 protein, zebrafish  0   *Zebrafish Proteins *Left-Right Determination Factors. Development 1999 Jan;126(2):229-40
Lefty1 protein, mouse  0   *Left-Right Determination Factors. Int J Dev Biol 1998 Jan;42(1):23-32

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