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The role of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP-4) in tooth development

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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins: From Local to Systemic Therapeutics

Part of the book series: Progress in Inflammation Research ((PIR))

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This paper is dedicated to Holger Kulessa who developed the BMP-4 floxed mouse model used in these studies.

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  1. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA

    Jelica Gluhak-Heinrich, Wuchen Yang, Lilia E. Martinez, Marie A. Harris & Stephen E. Harris

  2. The University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry, 650 E. 25th St., Kansas City, MO, 64109, USA

    Dayong Guo

  3. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 2201 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA

    Jianhong Zhang

  4. The University of Connecticut Medical Center, Farmington, 270 Farmington Av., CT, 06032, USA

    Alexander Lichtler & Barbara E. Kream

  5. Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, P. O. Box 660677, 75266-0677, USA

    Jian Q. Feng

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Gluhak-Heinrich, J. et al. (2008). The role of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP-4) in tooth development. In: Vukicevic, S., Sampath, K.T. (eds) Bone Morphogenetic Proteins: From Local to Systemic Therapeutics. Progress in Inflammation Research. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8552-1_11

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