Paired-like homeodomain proteins, Phox2a and Phox2b, are responsible for noradrenergic cell-specific transcription of the dopamine β-hydroxylase gene

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1813-1826

  Yang, Chunying ^a   Kim, Hee Sun ^a   Seo, Hyemyung ^a   Kim, Chun Hyung ^a   Brunet, Jean Francois ^b   Kim, Kwang Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cell type specific transcription; Cis acting element; Dopamine hydroxylase; Homeodomain protein; Noradrenergic neuron; Phox2a; Phox2b

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031752431     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71051813.x     Document Type: Article

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