Agonist but not antagonist ligands induce conformational change in the mouse aryl hydrocarbon receptor as detected by partial proteolysis

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 392-400

  Henry, Ellen C ^a,b   Gasiewicz, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AMINO ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; LIGAND; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPSIN;

AGONIST; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DISSOCIATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

ANIMALS; BETA-NAPHTHOFLAVONE; LIGANDS; MICE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TERATOGENS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRYPSIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037308773     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.63.2.392     Document Type: Article

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