A Breakdown in Cooperativity Leads to Cardiac Identity Crisis.

Vujic, Ana; Mahmoud, Ahmed I; Lee, Richard T · Cell · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Using induced pluripotent stem cells, Ang et al. elucidate how a mutation in the transcription factor GATA4 causes congenital heart disease. They find that, although the recruitment of GATA4 to cardiac super-enhancers is retained, it no longer functions in partnership with another key transcription factor, leading to misexpression of non-cardiomyocyte genes.

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