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. 1997 Feb 1;7(2):R104-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00049-2.

Defining the skeletal elements

A Vortkamp  1
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Defining the skeletal elements

A Vortkamp. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

A recent study of mice carrying different combinations of mutations in the genes for two bone morphogenetic factors (BMPs), BMP5 and GDF5, indicates that BMPs have specific and synergistic functions in the regulation of skeleton development.

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