Bioscientifica Proceedings

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) represent the largest subclass of growth factors in the transforming growth factor ß (TGF-ß) superfamily. BMPs have proven to be multifunctional regulators of a wide variety of biological processes in numerous types of cell and tissue. The role of inhibins, activins and TGF-ßs (which also belong to the TGF-ß superfamily) in reproduction has been studied extensively over the last 15 years. However, there were no reports on ...