The regulation of the biological function of steroid-receptors in chickens and humans

Autor: Bruce A. Littlefield, O. L. Kon, J. Hora, Patricia A. Boyd-leinen, Kay Rasmussen, Amy Goldberger, G. Martin-Dani, Barbara Gosse, Thomas C. Spelsberg
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: IUPHAR 9th International Congress of Pharmacology London 1984 ISBN: 9780333371367
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17615-1_14
Popis: Steroids alter the metabolism and functions of their target tissues due to the presence of specific binding proteins termed ‘receptors’. The binding of these receptors by steroids results in ‘activation’, a process whereby the steroid-receptor complex is endowed with the capacity to bind to specific nuclear sites, termed nuclear ‘acceptor’ sites. The results of this nuclear binding are steroid-induced alterations in the transcription of many genes, as well as changes in the abundances of many gene products (O’Malley & Means, 1974; Thrall et al., 1978).
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