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Nature Genetics 36, 738–743 (1 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/ng1378

p38 pathway targets SWI-SNF chromatin-remodeling complex to muscle-specific loci

Cristiano Simone , Sonia Vanina Forcales , David A Hill , Anthony N Imbalzano , Lucia Latella & Pier Lorenzo Puri

During skeletal myogenesis, genomic reprogramming toward terminal differentiation is achieved by recruiting chromatin-modifying enzymes to muscle-specific loci. The relative contribution of extracellular signaling cascades in targeting these enzymes to individual genes is unknown.