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A single residue of GDF-5 defines binding specificity to BMP receptor IB.
Journal of molecular biology - 24 Jun 2005
Nickel Joachim, Kotzsch Alexander, Sebald Walter, Mueller Thomas D
Abstract excerpt
Growth and differentiation factor 5 (GDF-5), a member of the TGF-beta superfamily, is involved in many developmental processes, like chondrogenesis and joint formation. Mutations in GDF-5 lead to diseases, e.g. chondrodysplasias like Hunter-Thompson, Grebe and DuPan syndromes and brachydactyly. Similar to other TGF-beta superfamily members, GDF-5 transmits signals through binding to two different types of...
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