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Symbol
Name
ID
Bmp4
bone morphogenetic protein 4
MGI:88180
Phenotype annotations related to skeleton
Darker colors indicate more annotations
Human Phenotypes
Brachycephaly
Lambdoidal craniosynostosis
Plagiocephaly
Micrognathia
Retrognathia
Aplasia of the maxilla
Small sella turcica
Microcephaly
Enamel hypoplasia
Clinodactyly of the 5th finger
Short middle phalanx of finger
Proximal placement of thumb
Thumb contracture
Postaxial foot polydactyly
Toe syndactyly
Polydactyly
Brachydactyly
Finger syndactyly
Abnormality of the vertebral column
Back pain
Increased bone mineral density
Ectopic ossification
Disease(s) Associated with BMP4
CAKUT2
ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of spine
syndromic microphthalmia 6
tooth agenesis

Mouse Phenotypes
enhanced osteoblast differentiation
impaired osteoblast differentiation
large anterior fontanelle
frontal bone hypoplasia
short frontal bone
small interparietal bone
abnormal jaw morphology
abnormal mandible morphology
absent mandibular angle
absent mandibular condyloid process
absent mandibular coronoid process
abnormal temporomandibular joint morphology
mandible hypoplasia
maxilla hypoplasia
agnathia
retrognathia
syngnathia
nasal bone hypoplasia
short nasal bone
abnormal fibula morphology
split xiphoid process
decreased rib number
short ribs
thoracic vertebral fusion
kyphosis
kyphoscoliosis
scoliosis
cervical vertebral fusion
abnormal vertebral spinous process morphology
abnormal trabecular bone morphology
ectopic bone
Availability Mouse Genotype
Bmp4tm1.1Jlch/Bmp4tm1.1Jlch
Bmp4tm1.1Jlch/Bmp4tm2Blh
Bmp4tm1Blh/Bmp4+
Bmp4tm2Blh/Bmp4+
Tg(Eno2-Bmp4)3Jake/0
Bmp4tm1Jfm/Bmp4tm1Jfm
H2az2Tg(Wnt1-cre)11Rth/H2az2+  (conditional)
Bmp4tm3Blh/Bmp4tm3Blh
Foxg1tm1(cre)Skm/Foxg1+  (conditional)
Bmp4tm4Blh/Bmp4tm4Blh
Isl1tm1(cre)Sev/Isl1+  (conditional)
H2az2Tg(Wnt1-cre)11Rth/H2az2+
Tg(CAG-Bmp4,-EGFP)1Ypc/0  (conditional)

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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
04/30/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory