Nuclear hormone receptors in nematodes: Evolution and function
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Nuclear hormone receptors in nematodes: evolution and function.
Nuclear hormone receptors (NHRs) are proteins that regulate gene expression in response to developmental, environmental, and nutritional signals. The activity of some NHRs is selectively and reversibly modulated by small molecular weight compounds. However, for others - termed "orphan" receptors - no such ligands have (yet) been identified, and at least some NHRs may lack natural ligands. NHRs ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0303-7207
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.04.021