Sanford Burnham Prebys: Muscle's Master Regulator Moonlights as Gene Silencer
August 14, 2025
August 14, 2025
LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 14 (TNSjou) -- Sanford Burnham Prebys issued the following news release:
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Muscle's master regulator moonlights as gene silencer
Study uncovers new repressor role for the transcription factor that triggers muscle stem cells to turn into muscle
For more than 30 years, scientists have studied how the myogenic determination gene number 1 (MYOD) protein binds DNA to modify the gene expression of muscle stem cell . . .
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Muscle's master regulator moonlights as gene silencer
Study uncovers new repressor role for the transcription factor that triggers muscle stem cells to turn into muscle
For more than 30 years, scientists have studied how the myogenic determination gene number 1 (MYOD) protein binds DNA to modify the gene expression of muscle stem cell . . .