A direct role of the homeodomain proteins Phox2a/2b in noradrenaline neurotransmitter identity determination

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 905-916

  Seo, Hyemyung ^a   Hong, Seok Jong ^a   Guo, Su ^b   Kim, Hee Sun ^a   Kim, Chun Hyung ^a   Hwang, Dong Youn ^a   Isacson, Ole ^a   Rosenthal, Arnon ^b   Kim, Kwang Soo ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

hydroxylase; Dopamine; Neurotransmitter; Noradrenergic neuron; Noradrenergic phenotype; Phox2a; Ranscription

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN PHOX2A; PROTEIN PHOX2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LOSS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; ZEBRA FISH;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIMERIZATION; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; ZEBRAFISH;

ATTA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036312375     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-3042.2002.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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