What are nuclear receptor ligands?

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 334, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 3-13

  Sladek, Frances M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine system; Environmental sensors; Evolution; HNF4 ligand; Ligands; Nuclear receptors; Orphan receptors

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FENOFIBRATE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4GAMMA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; ROSIGLITAZONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

BINDING AFFINITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79951671138     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.06.018     Document Type: Review

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