Repression of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) signaling by AHR repressor: Role of DNA binding and competition for AHR nuclear translocator

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 387-398

  Evans, Brad R ^a,b,f   Karchner, Sibel I ^a   Allan, Lenka L ^c   Pollenz, Richard S ^d   Tanguay, Robert L ^e   Jenny, Matthew J ^a   Sherr, David H ^c   Hahn, Mark E ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR 1; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR 2; DNA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DNA; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RENILLA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 38549153970     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.040204     Document Type: Article

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