Transcription factor AP-2β regulates the neurotransmitter phenotype and maturation of chromaffin cells

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-251

  Hong, Seok Jong ^a,b   Huh, Yang Hoon ^c   Leung, Amanda ^a   Choi, Hyun Jin ^a   Ding, Yunmin ^d   Kang, Un Jung ^d   Yoo, Seung Hyun ^e   Buettner, Reinhard ^f   Kim, Kwang Soo ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AP 2 ; Chromaffin cells; Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays; Epinephrine; Large secretory vesicles; Phenylethanolamine N methyl transferase

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CELL PROTEIN; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN PHOX2B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENOTYPE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; SECRETORY VESICLES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 78650858770     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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