Transcriptional control: how nuclear receptors get turned on.
The recently determined structures of the ligand-binding domains from three nuclear receptors show that a receptor undergoes a significant conformational change on ligand binding. It is not yet clear how this structural change results in transcriptional activation.
Schwabe
J W
JW
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008024:Ligands; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000097768:Retinoic Acid Receptor gamma