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Science 26 January 1996:
Vol. 271. no. 5248, p. 463
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5248.463
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Perspectives

A. H. Reddi

The characterization of the function of bone morphogenetic protein-1 (BMP-1) was reported in last week's issue of Science (19 January, p. 360). In his Perspective, A. H. Reddi explains why it was surprising (and important) that BMP-1 turned out to be identical to procollagen C-proteinase, the enzyme responsible for triggering the self-assembly of collagen.

The author is in the Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205-2196, USA. E-mail: ahr@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu


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