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The crystal structure of the BMP-2:BMPR-IA complex and the generation of BMP-2 antagonists.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume - 1 Jan 2001
Nickel J, Dreyer M K, Kirsch T, Sebald W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and growth and differentiation factors (GDFs) belong to the large transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of multifunctional cytokines. Signaling of the BMPs requires the binding of the BMP to the BMP cell surface receptors BMPR-IA, BMPR-IB, and BMPR-II. Similar to other cytokines, members of the TGF-beta superfamily exhibit stringent specificity in...
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