Example sentences for: nrs

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  • The nuclear receptor (NR) family comprises 48 structurally related transcription factors, many of which require their cognate ligand for activity [ 1 2 3 ] . The NRs regulate transcription by binding to response elements in the promoters of target genes and acting as scaffolds for the assembly of large coactivator and corepressor complexes [ 4 ] . NR coactivators include the p160s (including GRIP1/TIF-2, SRC-1 and AIB1/ACTR/pCIP).

  • NRs consist of three domains, the N-terminal domain (which contains a context-specific activation function AF-1), the central DNA binding domain (DBD) and the C-terminal ligand binding domain (LBD), which contains a hormone-dependent activation function, AF-2.

  • Unliganded NRs usually bind ID motifs (consensus L/IXXIIXXXL) in the N-CoR C-terminus.

  • We do not understand why, but in our hands, transfected N-CoR also fails to affect TR or ERα activity (data not shown), despite the fact that it clearly interacts with both NRs.

  • JDB has proprietary interests in, and serves as consultant and deputy director to Karo Bio AB, a Swedish company that develops pharmaceuticals that target NRs.


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