DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature on MYOCD

MYOCD [ENSP00000401678]

Myocardin; Smooth muscle cells (SM) and cardiac muscle cells-specific transcriptional factor which uses the canonical single or multiple CArG boxes DNA sequence. Acts as a cofactor of serum response factor (SRF) with the potential to modulate SRF-target genes. Plays a crucial role in cardiogenesis and differentiation of the smooth muscle cell lineage (myogenesis) (By similarity).

Synonyms:  MYOCD,  J3KSX3,  Q6N065,  Q8IZQ8,  J3KSX3p ...

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