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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2012

Essential role of ARID2 protein-containing SWI/SNF complex in tissue-specific gene expression.

Fuhua Xu, Stephen Flowers, Elizabeth Moran

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fuhua XuDepartment of Orthopaedics, New Jersey Medical School-University Hospital Cancer Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA.
Stephen Flowers
Elizabeth Moran
University Hospital, Newark · US

Funding

SWI/SNF-related complex in osteoblast differentiationR01GM073257 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MORAN, ELIZABETH · 2006 to 2009
$1.1M
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Cancer ResearchT32CA134268 · NCI · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WHITEHEAD, IAN P · 2010 to 2014
$790k
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA134268NCI NIH HHS T32-CA134268NIGMS NIH HHS GM073257NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM073257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unfolding of the gene expression program that converts precursor cells to their terminally differentiated counterparts is critically dependent on the nucleosome-remodeling activity of the mammalian SWI/SNF complex. The complex can be powered by either of two alternative ATPases, BRM or BRG1. BRG1 is critical for development and the activation of tissue specific genes and is found in two major stable configurations. The complex of BRG1-associated factors termed BAF is the originally characterized form of mammalian SWI/SNF. A more recently recognized configuration shares many of the same subunits but is termed PBAF in recognition of a unique subunit, the polybromo protein (PBRM1). Two other unique subunits, BRD7 and ARID2, are also diagnostic of PBAF. PBAF plays an essential role in development, apparent from the embryonic lethality of Pbmr1-null mice, but very little is known about the role of PBAF, or its signature subunits, in tissue-specific gene expression in individual differentiation programs. Osteoblast differentiation is an attractive model for tissue-specific gene expression because the process is highly regulated and remains tightly synchronized over a period of several weeks. This model was used here, with a stable shRNA-mediated depletion approach, to examine the role of the signature PBAF subunit, ARID2, during differentiation. This analysis identifies a critical role for ARID2-containing complexes in promoting osteoblast differentiation and supports a view that the PBAF subset of SWI/SNF contributes importantly to maintaining cellular identity and activating tissue-specific gene expression.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneGene Expression RegulationMiceOrgan SpecificityOsteoblastsTranscription FactorsArid2 protein, mouseChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneSWI-SNF-B chromatin-remodeling complexTranscription Factors

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PMID22184115
PMCPMC3281626
OpenAlexW2128785809

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