... Follistatin, Chordin and Noggin[12]. These proteins are antagonists of BMP and othermembers of the TGF-b family, binding to and inhibit-ing these signaling molecules from binding to theirreceptors ... MINIREVIEW Bone morphogenetic proteins in the early development of zebrafish Mariko Kondo*Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo, JapanIntroduction Bone morphogenetic proteins ... theirreceptors in the extracellular space, thus inhibiting ven-tralizing activities. Of these proteins, Chordin has along-range effect. In Xenopus, expression of the chordingene is localized to the dorsal...