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Orphan Nuclear Receptors  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A broad category of receptor-like proteins that may play a role in transcriptional-regulation in the CELL NUCLEUS. Many of these proteins are similar in structure to known NUCLEAR RECEPTORS but appear to lack a functional ligand-binding domain, while in other cases the specific ligands have yet to be identified.

Entry terms

  • Orphan Nuclear Receptor

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JLSRN4LL-B

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