Structural adaptability in the ligand-binding pocket of the ecdysone hormone receptor

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6962, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Billas, Isabelle M L ^a   Iwema, Thomas ^a   Garnier, Jean Marie ^a   Mitschler, André ^a   Rochel, Natacha ^a   Moras, Dino ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIMERS; DNA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

BIORECEPTORS; LIGANDS; NUCLEAR TRANSCRIPTION;

HORMONES;

BYI 06830; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INSECTICIDE; LIGAND; PESTICIDE; PONASTERONE A; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LIGAND BINDING; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLTING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SAFETY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DIOXANES; ECDYSTERONE; HUMANS; HYDRAZINES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTHS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, STEROID;

HELIOTHIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242413983     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02112     Document Type: Article

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