title: Controlling nuclear receptors: the circular logic of cofactor cycles.
abstract: Nuclear receptors regulate many biologically important processes in development and homeostasis by their bimodal function as repressors and activators of gene transcription. A finely tuned modulation of the transcriptional activities of nuclear receptors is crucial for determining highly specific and diversified programmes of gene expression. Recent studies have provided insights into the molecular mechanisms that are required to switch between repression and activation functions, the combinatorial roles of the multiple cofactor complexes that are required for mediating transcriptional regulation, and the central question of how several different signalling pathways can be integrated at the nuclear level to achieve specific profiles of gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. vperissi@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perissi
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear