Orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 directly transactivates the promoter activity of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene in a cell-specific manner

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 622-634

  Kim, Kwang Soo ^a   Kim, Chun Hyung ^a   Hwang, Dong Youn ^a   Seo, Hyemyung ^a   Chung, Sangmi ^a   Hong, Seok Jong ^a   Lim, Jin Kyu ^b   Anderson, Therese ^a   Isacson, Ole ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cis acting element; Dopaminergic neurons; Neurotransmitter phenotype; Nurr1; Promoter; Transcription; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TATA BOX; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037660209     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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