Gene Review:
Pitx3 - paired-like homeodomain 3
Rattus norvegicus
Synonyms:
Homeobox protein PITX3, Paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 3, Pituitary homeobox 3, Ptx3
- A homeodomain gene Ptx3 has highly restricted brain expression in mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. Smidt, M.P., van Schaick, H.S., Lanctôt, C., Tremblay, J.J., Cox, J.J., van der Kleij, A.A., Wolterink, G., Drouin, J., Burbach, J.P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1997)
- Nurr1, an orphan nuclear receptor, is a transcriptional activator of endogenous tyrosine hydroxylase in neural progenitor cells derived from the adult brain. Sakurada, K., Ohshima-Sakurada, M., Palmer, T.D., Gage, F.H. Development (1999)
- Differential expression of the homeobox gene Pitx3 in midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Korotkova, T.M., Ponomarenko, A.A., Haas, H.L., Sergeeva, O.A. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2005)