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SUBMITTER: Rosenberg MI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2064500 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosenberg Miriam I MI Georges Sara A SA Asawachaicharn Amy A Analau Erwin E Tapscott Stephen J SJ
The Journal of cell biology 20061001 1
Terminal differentiation of distinct cell types requires the transcriptional activation of differentiation-specific genes and the suppression of genes associated with the precursor cell. For example, the expression of utrophin (Utrn) is suppressed during skeletal muscle differentiation, and it is replaced at the sarcolemma by the related dystrophin protein. The MyoD transcription factor directly activates the expression of a large number of skeletal muscle genes, but also suppresses the expressi ...[more]