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Facts about Paired mesoderm homeobox protein 2B.
Improves second-messenger-mediated activation of the dopamine beta-hydrolase and c-fos promoters, and of several enhancers including cAMP-response component and serum- response element. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | PHOX2B |
Uniprot: | Q99453 |
Entrez: | 8929 |
Belongs to: |
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paired homeobox family |
NBPhox; NBPhoxPhox2b; Neuroblastoma Phox; paired mesoderm homeobox 2b; paired mesoderm homeobox protein 2B; paired-like homeobox 2bNBLST2; PHOX2B homeodomain protein; PHOX2B; PMX2B; PMX2Bneuroblastoma paired-type homeobox protein
Mass (kDA):
31.621 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 4p13 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (41744082..41748725, complement) |
Expressed in neuroblastoma, brain and adrenal gland.
Nucleus.
PMID: 9039501 by Yokoyama M., et al. Identification and cloning of neuroblastoma-specific and nerve tissue-specific genes through compiled expression profiles.
PMID: 11034547 by Adachi M., et al. Paired-like homeodomain proteins Phox2a/Arix and Phox2b/NBPhox have similar genetic organization and independently regulate dopamine beta- hydroxylase gene transcription.