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Portbury, A.L, R Chandra, M McMillian, M Groelle, A Elias, J Herlong, M Rios, M McCormack, S Roffler-Tarlov and D Chikaraishi (2003) Catecholamines act via a _-like adrenergic receptor to maintain embryonic heart rate and survival. Amer. J. Physiol. 284(6):2069-77.
Horton CD, Qi Y, Chikaraishi D and Wang JKT (2001) Nerotrophin-3 mediates the autocrine survival of the catecholaminergic CAD CNS neuronal cell line. J. Neurochem. 76:201-209.
Rios M, Habecker B, Sasaoka T, Eisenhofer G, Tian H, Landis S, Chikaraishi D and Roffler-Tarlov S (1999) Catecholamine synthesis is mediated by tyrosinase in the absence of tyrosine hydroxylase. J. Neurosci.19:3519-3526.
Schimmel JJ, Crews L, Roffler-Tarlov S and Chikaraishi DM (1999) 4.5 KB of the rat tyrosine hydroxylase 5' flanking sequence directs tissue specific expression during development and contains multiple consensus sites for transcription factors. Mol. Brain Res. Molec. Brain Res. 74:1-14.
Lazaroff M, Qi Y and Chikaraishi DM (1998) Differentiation of a catecholaminergic central nervous cell line modifies tyrosine hydroxylase transcriptional regulation. J. Neurochem. 71:51-59.
Qi Y, Wang JKT, McMillian M and Chikaraishi DM (1997) Characterization of a CNS cell line, CAD, in which morphological differentiation is initiated by serum deprivation. J. Neurosci. 17: 1217-1225.
Lazaroff M, Dunlap K and Chikaraishi DM (1996) A CNS catecholaminergic cell line expresses voltage-gated currents. J Membrane Biol 151: 279-291.
Lazaroff M, Patankar S, Yoon SO and Chikaraishi DM (1995) The cAMP response element directs TH expression in catecholaminergic central and peripheral nervous system cell lines from transgenic mice. J Biol Chem 270: 21579-21589.
Wensley CH, Stone DM, Baker H, Kauer JS, Margolis FL and Chikaraishi DM (1995) OMP mRNA is found in axons of olfactory receptor neurons. J Neurosci 15: 4827-4837.
Banerjee SA, Roffler-Tarlov S, Szabo M, Frohman L and Chikaraishi DM (1994) DNA regulatory sequences of the rat tyrosine hydroxylase gene direct correct catecholaminergic cell-type specificity of a human growth hormone reporter in the CNS of transgenic mice causing a dwarf phenotype. Mol Brain Res 24: 89-106.