A response element for the homeodomain transcription factor Ptx3 in the tyrosine hydroxylase gene promoter

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1829-1837

  Cazorla, Pilar ^a   Smidt, Marten P ^a   O'Malley, Karen L ^b   Burbach, J Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicoid type binding element; Mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons; Ptx3; Tissue specificity; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034005734     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0741829.x     Document Type: Article

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