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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Induce Germ Cell Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
1 Dec 2006
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The growth factors bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP4), BMP7, and BMP8b are required for specification of primordial germ cells (PGCs) in mice. Disruption of the genes that encode these factors leads to a severe reduction in number, or the complete absence, of PGCs. In addition, several studies have demonstrated that human BMP4 can promote PGC differentiation from mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and in organ...
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