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Designing a Western blot for PHOX2B? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the PHOX2B Western Blot GuideFacts 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 | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | PHOX2B |
| Uniprot: | Q99453 |
| Entrez: | 8929 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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.