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Abstract
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) play pleiotropic roles during development and after birth in many different organisms. BMPs are members of TGF-beta superfamily. There are more than 20 members with three type II receptors and three type I receptors. Genetic approaches using the mouse as a model system revealed many of the functions of BMPs. Particularly, results obtained through loss-of-function analyses of BMP ligands and their receptors are reviewed in this article.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12700086 DOI: 10.2741/1097
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Biosci ISSN: 1093-4715