The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: A comparative perspective

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 23-53

  Hahn, Mark E ^a  

^a Biology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Ah receptor; ARNT; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Basic helix loop helix; Cytochrome P450 1A1; Dioxin; Evolution; PAS domain

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031737561     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10028-2     Document Type: Review

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