Activation of transcription through the ligand-binding pocket of the orphan nuclear receptor ultraspiracle

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6026-6036

  Xu, Yong ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Chu, YanXia ^a   Jones, Davy ^a   Jones, Grace ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile hormone; Ligand; Methyl epoxyfarnesoate; Retinoic acid receptor; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; JUVENILE HORMONE; METHYL EPOXYFARNESOATE; SESQUITERPENOID; ULTRASPIRACLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL LINE; CONFORMATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, DOMINANT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECTS; LIGANDS; LUCIFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036449343     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03293.x     Document Type: Article

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