AH receptor signaling pathways

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 1996, Pages 55-89

  Schmidt, Jennifer V ^a   Bradfield, Christopher A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

AHR; ARNT; bHLH PAS; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BASIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIOXIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HALIDE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; DETOXIFICATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; LD 50; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TERATOGENESIS; TOXICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DIOXINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE MAPPING; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029731812     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.12.1.55     Document Type: Review

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