Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Long non-coding RNA Linc-RAM enhances myogenic differentiation by interacting with MyoD

  • Xiaohua Yu,
  • Yong Zhang,
  • Tingting Li,
  • Zhao Ma,
  • Haixue Jia,
  • Qian Chen,
  • Yixia Zhao,
  • Lili Zhai,
  • Ran Zhong,
  • Changyin Li,
  • Xiaoting Zou,
  • Jiao Meng,
  • Antony K. Chen,
  • Pier Lorenzo Puri,
  • Meihong Chen,
  • Dahai Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Long non-coding RNAs are important regulators of many diverse biological processes. Here the authors describe Linc-RAM, which regulates myogenesis by binding MyoD and promoting the assembly of the MyoD–Baf60c–Brg1 complex at target genes.