Effects of transcription factors Phox2 on expression of norepinephrine transporter and dopamine β-hydroxylase in SK-N-BE(2)C cells

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1502-1513

  Fan, Yan ^a,b   Huang, Jingjing ^c   Kieran, Niamh ^d   Zhu, Meng Yang ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine hydroxylase; Norepinephrine transporter; Over expression; Phox2 genes; Short hairpin RNAs; SK N BE(2)C cells

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHOX2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHOX2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 68949202508     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06260.x     Document Type: Article

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