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SUBMITTER: Patruno M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1691383 | biostudies-other | 2003 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Patruno M M McGonnell I I Graham A A Beesley P P Candia Carnevali M D MD Thorndyke M M
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20030701 1522
Invertebrates have frequently been used to help understand the complexities of regulatory gene function and evolution. The bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are a highly conserved group of secreted regulatory factors that play an important part in early embryonic patterning. In the present study we have used the remarkable regenerative potential of crinoid echinoderms to explore the BMPs' site of expression in an adult developmental programme. Our results suggest that a crinoid BMP2/4 homologue ...[more]