title: When BMP meets FGF.
abstract: Bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) act as inducers of diverse cellular fates in human embryonic stem cells, but the mechanisms responsible remain poorly understood. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Bernardo et al. (2011) demonstrate that different BMP-induced differentiation programs may be orchestrated by similar key target genes.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, D-48149 Münster, Germany. boris.greber@mpi-muenster.mpg.de
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greber