Polycomb EZH2 controls self-renewal and safeguards the transcriptional identity of skeletal muscle stem cells

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We thank Mario Capecchi, David Goldhamer, and Alexander Tarakhovsky for sharing the Pax7-Cre, MyoD-Cre, and Ezh2<SUP>fl/fl</SUP> animals, respectively. Fabio Rossi provided advice with the FACS experiments, Jeffrey Lay helped with cell sorting, and Gustavo Gutierrez-Cruz assisted with animal genotyping. Members of the NIAMS Laboratory Animal Care and Use Section and NIAMS Light Imaging Section are kindly acknowledged. J.G.R. was supported by an Overseas Biomedical Research Fellowship from the NH and MRC (Australia). This work was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.