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Facts about Myocardin.
Plays a vital role in cardiogenesis and distinction of the smooth muscle cell lineage (myogenesis) (By similarity). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MYOCD |
| Uniprot: | Q8IZQ8 |
| Entrez: | 93649 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| No superfamily |

BSAC2A; MYCD; Myocardin; MYOCD; Srfcp
Mass (kDA):
101.997 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17p12 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (12665890..12768949) |
Expressed in heart, aorta, and in smooth muscle cell-containing tissues: stomach, bladder, small intestine, colon, lung, placenta and uterus. Very faint expression in prostate and skeletal muscle.
Nucleus.





PMID: 12397177 by Wang D.-Z., et al. Potentiation of serum response factor activity by a family of myocardin-related transcription factors.
PMID: 12640126 by Du K.L., et al. Myocardin is a critical serum response factor cofactor in the transcriptional program regulating smooth muscle cell differentiation.