Publication: The p38 MAPK Family, a Pushmi-pullyu of Skeletal Muscle Differentiation
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2009
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Lassar, Andrew B. 2009. The p38 MAPK family, a pushmi-pullyu of skeletal muscle differentiation. The Journal of Cell Biology 187(7): 941-943.
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In this issue, Gillespie et al. (Gillespie et al. 2009. J. Cell Biol. doi:10.1083/jcb.200907037) demonstrate that the mitogen-activated protein kinase isoform p38-γ plays a crucial role in blocking the premature differentiation of satellite cells, a skeletal muscle stem cell population. p38-γ puts the brakes on skeletal muscle differentiation by promoting the association of the transcription factor MyoD with the histone methyltransferase, KMT1A, which act together in a complex to repress the premature expression of the gene encoding the myogenic transcription factor Myogenin.
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