An Osteoblast-Specific Enhancer and Subenhancer Cooperatively Regulate Runx2 Expression in Chondrocytes

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Runx2 is an essential transcription factor for osteoblast differentiation and chondrocyte maturation. The spatiotemporal expression of Runx2 is regulated by enhancers. We previously identified a 1.3 kb osteoblast-specific enhancer; however, mice with this deletion showed no phenotypes. A 0.8 kb conserved region detected near the 1.3 kb enhancer did not exhibit enhancer activity in reporter assays, whereas four...

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