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BMP-7 is an inducer of nephrogenesis, and is also required for eye development and skeletal patterning.
Genes & development - 15 Nov 1995
Luo G, Hofmann C, Bronckers A L, Sohocki M, Bradley A, Karsenty G
Abstract excerpt
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are multifunctional growth factors originally identified by their ability to induce ectopic bone formation. To investigate the function of one of the BMPs, BMP-7, we have generated BMP-7-deficient mice using embryonic stem cell technology. BMP-7-deficient mice die shortly after birth because of poor kidney development. Histological analysis of mutant embryos at several stages of...
Topics
- Animals
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
- Eye
- Female
- Kidney
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Phenotype
- Proteins
- Transforming Growth Factor beta
