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Nature Cell Biology 10, 77–84 (1 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncb1671

Pax7 activates myogenic genes by recruitment of a histone methyltransferase complex

Iain W. McKinnell , Jeff Ishibashi , Fabien Le Grand , Vincent G. J. Punch , Gregory C. Addicks , Jack F. Greenblatt , F. Jeffrey Dilworth & Michael A. Rudnicki

Satellite cells purified from adult skeletal muscle can participate extensively in muscle regeneration and can also re-populate the satellite cell pool, suggesting that they have direct therapeutic potential for treating degenerative muscle diseases. The paired-box transcription factor Pax7 is required for satellite cells to generate committed myogenic progenitors.