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TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 215-224Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2007.05.004
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Chromatin has emerged as an important regulator of gene expression, interposed between cell signaling pathways and transcriptional machinery. It participates in transmitting extra- and intra-cellular signals that coordinate ovarian events: ovarian follicle development, the meiotic maturation of the oocyte that precedes ovulation, and the ovulatory process and consequent luteinization. Recent evidence from model organisms and mammals suggests that chromatin signaling is achieved, in part, by imitation switch (ISWI) ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling complexes. This review highlights a role for complexes containing the ISWI ATPase sucrose nonfermenting-2h (Snf2h) in proliferation in somatic and germ cells and also in meiosis in germ cells. Moreover, complexes containing the Snf21 ATPase dictate the differentiation of somatic cells and act in the induction of the terminal phases of meiosis in the oocyte.
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