Chemicals and Drugs

PAX3 Transcription Factor

A paired box transcription factor that functions in CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL MIGRATION; and APOPTOSIS. It also is involved in MYOGENESIS and neural development. Mutations in the PAX3 gene are associated with WAARDENBURG SYNDROME TYPE 1.

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Abstract

A paired box transcription factor that functions in CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL MIGRATION; and APOPTOSIS. It also is involved in MYOGENESIS and neural development. Mutations in the PAX3 gene are associated with WAARDENBURG SYNDROME TYPE 1.

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  • Paired Box 3 Protein
  • Paired Box Transcription Factor 3
  • Transcription Factor PAX3
  • Factor PAX3, Transcription
  • PAX3, Transcription Factor
  • Transcription Factor, PAX3

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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History Note

2017

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Previous Indexing

  • DNA-Binding Proteins (1991-2016)
  • Paired Box Transcription Factors (2006-2016)
  • Transcription Factors (1991-2016)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. PAX3 Transcription Factor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000072041. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000072041
  2. PAX3 Transcription Factor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3122834