The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 across different species:

bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4), bone morphogenetic protein 4 (Bmp4), bone morphogenetic protein 4 (bmp4), bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP-4), Bone morphogenetic protein 4 (bmp4), bone morphogenetic protein 4 (LOC100286408)

Other aliases include:

ZYME, BMP2B, OFC11, BMP2B1, MCOPS6, Bmp-4, Bmp2b, Bmp2b1, Bmp2b-1, BOMPR4A, bmp-4, zbmp-4, MGC100779, zgc:100779, BMP4, BMP-4, xbmp4, XBMP-4, Bmp4, MGC127497, zyme, bmp2b, bmp2b1, bmp4

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4:

bone morphogenetic protein 4 – bone morphogenetic protein 2B – OTTMUSP00000021065 – OTTMUSP00000021066 – etID309887.17 – bone morphogenetic protein-4 – bone morphogenetic protein 4, isoform 3 – Bone morphogenetic protein 4 – bone morphogenetic protein 4-like

Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – heparin binding – protein binding – signal transducer activity – protein homodimerization activity

Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 is relevant to the following processes:

BMP signaling pathway – angiogenesis – branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis – bronchus development – bud dilation involved in lung branching – camera-type eye development – cartilage development – dorsal/ventral neural tube patterning – embryonic morphogenesis – epithelial cell proliferation involved in lung morphogenesis – erythrocyte differentiation – forebrain development – germ cell development – growth – heart development – lens induction in camera-type eye – lung alveolus development – mesodermal cell fate determination – negative regulation of cell cycle – negative regulation of cell proliferation – negative regulation of chondrocyte differentiation – negative regulation of myoblast differentiation – negative regulation of striated muscle tissue development – neuron fate commitment – odontogenesis of dentine-containing tooth – positive regulation of SMAD protein nuclear translocation – positive regulation of bone mineralization – positive regulation of cell death – positive regulation of gene expression – positive regulation of osteoblast differentiation – positive regulation of pathway-restricted SMAD protein phosphorylation – post-embryonic development – smooth muscle cell differentiation – telencephalon regionalization – trachea development – ureteric bud development – anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis – branching involved in lung morphogenesis – branching involved in prostate gland morphogenesis – cell differentiation – cell fate commitment – induction of an organ – lung development – lung morphogenesis – mammary gland formation – metanephros development – multicellular organismal development – negative regulation of epithelial cell proliferation – negative regulation of gene expression – negative regulation of prostatic bud formation – ossification – osteoblast differentiation – pituitary gland development – positive regulation of cell differentiation – positive regulation of ossification – positive regulation of protein amino acid phosphorylation – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – prostate gland morphogenesis – regulation of branching involved in prostate gland morphogenesis – regulation of cell differentiation – regulation of gene expression – regulation of morphogenesis of a branching structure – regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation – skeletal system development – specification of organ position – tissue development – brain development – cell proliferation – mesoderm development – negative regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation – odontogenesis – ovarian follicle development – positive regulation of cell proliferation – response to estradiol stimulus – response to glucocorticoid stimulus – response to mechanical stimulus – response to organic cyclic substance – response to retinoic acid – retina development in camera-type eye – tongue morphogenesis – BMP signaling pathway involved in mesodermal cell fate specification – determination of left/right symmetry – determination of ventral identity – embryonic hemopoiesis – heart looping – mesoderm formation – negative regulation of endodermal cell fate specification – notochord cell differentiation – notochord development – pronephros development

Locations for Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4:

extracellular region – extracellular space – proteinaceous extracellular matrix – cytoplasm – membrane-bounded vesicle

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology