Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
"Bone Morphogenetic Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Bone-growth regulatory factors that are members of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily of proteins. They are synthesized as large precursor molecules which are cleaved by proteolytic enzymes. The active form can consist of a dimer of two identical proteins or a heterodimer of two related bone morphogenetic proteins.
| Descriptor ID |
D019485
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.954.200 D12.776.467.942.200 D23.529.942.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Bone Morphogenetic Proteins- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
- Morphogenetic Proteins, Bone
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein
- Morphogenetic Protein, Bone
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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