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Facts about Bone morphogenetic protein 8A.
Plays a role in calcium regulation and bone homeostasis (By similarity). Has only marginal osteoinductive activity in mesenchymal progenitor and osteoprogenior cells but shows action in dedicated osteoblastic cells.
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Gene Name: | Bmp8a |
Uniprot: | P34821 |
Entrez: | 12163 |
Belongs to: |
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TGF-beta family |
BMP8; BMP-8; BMP8A; BMP-8A; OP-2
Mass (kDA):
44.764 kDA
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Location: | 4 D2.2|4 57.42 cM |
Sequence: | 4; |
Expressed in testis. expressed in trophoblast cells of the labyrinthine region of the placenta and in the inner root sheath of hair follicles of early postnatal skin.
PMID: 1460021 by Oezkaynak E., et al. Osteogenic protein-2. A new member of the transforming growth factor- beta superfamily expressed early in embryogenesis.
PMID: 8843393 by Zhao G.Q., et al. Evidence that mouse Bmp8a (Op2) and Bmp8b are duplicated genes that play a role in spermatogenesis and placental development.