François Jean

BMP‐4 is proteolytically activated by furin and/or PC6 during vertebrate embryonic development

G. Thomas, J. Christian, Yanzhen Cui, 1998, The EMBO journal.

The activity and signaling range of mature BMP-4 is regulated by sequential cleavage at two sites within the prodomain of the precursor.

T. Nakayama, G. Thomas, J. Christian, 2001, Genes & development.