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Epigenetic Control of Smooth Muscle Cell Identity and Lineage Memory.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Dec 2015
Gomez Delphine, Swiatlowska Pamela, Owens Gary K
Abstract excerpt
Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), like all cells, acquire a cell-specific epigenetic signature during development that includes acquisition of a unique repertoire of histone and DNA modifications. These changes are postulated to induce an open chromatin state (referred to as euchromatin) on the repertoire of genes that are expressed in differentiated SMC, including SMC-selective marker genes like Acta2 and...
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