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Myocardin

Myocardin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYOCD gene.[1][2][3]

Myocardin is a smooth muscle and cardiac muscle-specific transcriptional coactivator of serum response factor. When expressed ectopically in nonmuscle cells, myocardin can induce smooth muscle differentiation by its association with serum response factor (SRF; MIM 600589).[supplied by OMIM][3]

References

  1. Wang D, Chang PS, Wang Z, Sutherland L, Richardson JA, Small E, Krieg PA, Olson EN (Jul 2001). “Activation of cardiac gene expression by myocardin, a transcriptional cofactor for serum response factor”. Cell. 105 (7): 851–62. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00404-4. PMID 11439182.
  2. Wang DZ, Li S, Hockemeyer D, Sutherland L, Wang Z, Schratt G, Richardson JA, Nordheim A, Olson EN (Nov 2002). “Potentiation of serum response factor activity by a family of myocardin-related transcription factors”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99 (23): 14855–60. doi:10.1073/pnas.222561499. PMC 137508. PMID 12397177.
  3. 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: MYOCD myocardin”.

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