CER1, Official Symbol CER1provided by HGNC Official Full Name cerberus 1, DAN family BMP antagonistprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:1862 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000147869 MIM:603777; AllianceGenome:HGNC:1862 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as DAND4 Summary This gene encodes a cytokine member of the cysteine knot superfamily, characterized by nine conserved cysteines and a cysteine knot region. The cerberus-related cytokines, together with Dan and DRM/Gremlin, represent a group of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonists that can bind directly to BMPs and inhibit their activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Low expression observed in reference dataset See more Orthologs mouse all