Title: bone morphogenetic protein
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - bone morphogenetic protein
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10468
Status: current

Definition
Any of a family of growth factors involved in bone and cartilage formation and, more generally, in orchestrating tissue architecture through morphogenetic signals.

Note
These proteins are also considered to be metabologens.

Related Terms
- cartilage: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10494
- growth factors: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10782
- metabologens: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10949
- morphogenetic: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10972

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 731 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202)

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Citation: Citation: 'bone morphogenetic protein' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10468
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