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Cardiac deletion of Smyd2 is dispensable for mouse heart development.
PloS one - 17 Mar 2010
Diehl Florian, Brown Mark A, van Amerongen Machteld J, Novoyatleva Tatyana, Wietelmann Astrid, Harriss June, Ferrazzi Fulvia, Böttger Thomas, Harvey Richard P, Tucker Philip W, Engel Felix B
Abstract excerpt
Chromatin modifying enzymes play a critical role in cardiac differentiation. Previously, it has been shown that the targeted deletion of the histone methyltransferase, Smyd1, the founding member of the SET and MYND domain containing (Smyd) family, interferes with cardiomyocyte maturation and proper formation of the right heart ventricle. The highly related paralogue, Smyd2 is a histone 3 lysine 4- and lysine...
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