Catecholamine synthesis is mediated by tyrosinase in the absence of tyrosine hydroxylase

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3519-3526

  Rios, Maribel ^a   Habecker, Beth ^b   Sasaoka, Toshikuni ^c   Eisenhofer, Graeme ^b   Tian, Hua ^b   Landis, Story ^b   Chikaraishi, Dona ^d   Roffler Tarlov, Suzanne ^a,e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine synthesis; Catecholamines; Catecholamines in development; Tyrosinase; Tyrosinase and catecholamine synthesis; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Tyrosine hydroxylase null mutation

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033135396     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-09-03519.1999     Document Type: Article

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