2005
Myocardin-related transcription factor B is required in cardiac neural crest for smooth muscle differentiation and cardiovascular development
Li J, Zhu X, Chen M, Cheng L, Zhou D, Lu MM, Du K, Epstein JA, Parmacek MS. Myocardin-related transcription factor B is required in cardiac neural crest for smooth muscle differentiation and cardiovascular development. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 8916-8921. PMID: 15951419, PMCID: PMC1157054, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503741102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac neural crest cellsNeural crest cellsNeural crestTranscription factorsMuscle differentiationSmooth muscle differentiationCrest cellsSmooth muscle cell differentiationTranscription factor BArch arteriesWnt-1 promoterCardiac outflow tract defectsMuscle cell differentiationMutant allele resultsNormal cardiovascular morphogenesisPremigratory neural crestCardiac neural crestGene trap micePattern of expressionCritical roleTranscriptional controlGene trapOutflow tract defectsAortic arch arteriesInsertional mutation
2003
Myocardin Is a Critical Serum Response Factor Cofactor in the Transcriptional Program Regulating Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation
Du KL, Ip HS, Li J, Chen M, Dandre F, Yu W, Lu MM, Owens GK, Parmacek MS. Myocardin Is a Critical Serum Response Factor Cofactor in the Transcriptional Program Regulating Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2003, 23: 2425-2437. PMID: 12640126, PMCID: PMC150745, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.7.2425-2437.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCOS CellsDNA, ComplementaryGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMiceMicrofilament ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMuscle ProteinsMuscle, SmoothMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocardiumNuclear ProteinsOrgan SpecificityPromoter Regions, GeneticRatsRNA, Small InterferingSequence AlignmentSerum Response FactorStem CellsTrans-ActivatorsTranscriptional ActivationConceptsSerum response factorExpression of myocardinTranscriptional programsSerum Response Factor CofactorMyocardin geneSRF DNA-binding domainSmooth muscle cell lineageFunction of myocardinSmooth muscle cell differentiationDNA-binding domainMuscle cell lineageMuscle cell differentiationTranscription factor myocardinTranscriptional regulatory elementsUndifferentiated mouse ES cellsEmbryonic stem cellsMouse ES cellsAlpha promoter activitySmooth muscle alpha-actinSM22 alphaMuscle alpha-actinMutant proteinsVisceral SMCsEmbryonic developmentRegulatory elements
2002
SM22β encodes a lineage-restricted cytoskeletal protein with a unique developmentally regulated pattern of expression
Zhang JC, Helmke BP, Shum A, Du K, Yu WW, Lu MM, Davies PF, Parmacek MS. SM22β encodes a lineage-restricted cytoskeletal protein with a unique developmentally regulated pattern of expression. Cells And Development 2002, 115: 161-166. PMID: 12049783, DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00088-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3T3 CellsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCell LineageCells, CulturedCytoskeletal ProteinsDNA, ComplementaryGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMiceMolecular Sequence DataMuscle ProteinsMuscle, Smooth, VascularRatsSubcellular FractionsTissue DistributionConceptsCytoskeletal proteinsRegulated patternLineage-restricted patternsMouse embryonic developmentMuscle-specific proteinsCytoskeletal actin filamentsRegulated genesNovel actinNeuron-specific proteinRepeat domainEmbryonic developmentAcid polypeptideSequence identitySpecific proteinsActin filamentsIntracellular signalingLung mesenchymeGastrointestinal epithelial cellsSM22alphaCartilaginous primordiaProteinCellular morphologySmooth muscle cellsEpithelial cellsMuscle cells
2001
Binding of Serum Response Factor to CArG Box Sequences Is Necessary but Not Sufficient to Restrict Gene Expression to Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells*
Strobeck M, Kim S, Zhang J, Clendenin C, Du K, Parmacek M. Binding of Serum Response Factor to CArG Box Sequences Is Necessary but Not Sufficient to Restrict Gene Expression to Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2001, 276: 16418-16424. PMID: 11279108, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100631200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3' Untranslated Regions3T3 Cells5' Untranslated RegionsAnimalsAortaArteriesBase SequenceBeta-GalactosidaseBinding SitesCell LineCells, CulturedDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression RegulationGenes, fosHeartHeLa CellsHumansMiceMice, TransgenicMicrofilament ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMuscle ProteinsMuscle, Smooth, VascularNuclear ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticRatsSequence DeletionSerum Response FactorTranscription FactorsConceptsSerum response factorBinding of SRFC-fos SRESM22alpha promoterCArG boxBind serum response factorActivity of SRFSmooth muscle cell developmentArterial SMCsMuscle cell developmentResponse factorTransgenic miceProtein binding assaysTransgene expressionBox sequenceDeletion analysisNuclear proteinsSME-1Arterial smooth muscle cellsGene expressionPromoter activityMolecular mechanismsCell developmentPromoterSmooth muscle cells