BMP-6 Products

Description

The bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are a family of secreted signaling molecules that can induce ectopic bone growth. Many BMPs are part of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGFB) superfamily. BMPs were originally identified by an ability of demineralized bone extract to induce endochondral osteogenesis in vivo in an extraskeletal site. Based on its expression early in embryogenesis, the BMP encoded by this gene has a proposed role in early development. In addition, the fact that this BMP is closely related to BMP5 and BMP7 has lead to speculation of possible bone inductive activity.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	654 Human
Uniprot	BMHU6 Human NM_001718 Human NP_001709 Human P22004 Human Q4VBA3 Human
Product By Gene ID	654
Alternate Names	BMP-6 bone morphogenetic protein 6 vegetal related growth factor (TGFB-related) vegetal-related (TGFB related) cytokine VG-1-R VG-1-related protein Vg1-related sequence VGR VGR1 VGR-1

Research Areas for BMP-6

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Cytokine Research