title: SWItching on epidermal cell fate.
abstract: Chromatin regulatory complexes are well known regulators of stem cell fate; however, the mechanisms regulating their activity are not well understood. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Bao et al. (2013) show that ACTL6a inhibits targeting of the SWI/SNF complex to differentiation genes, thereby preserving the epidermal progenitor state.
authors: Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors: Carolina N
authors: CN
authors: Perdigoto
authors: Evan S
authors: ES
authors: Bardot
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Ezhkova
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