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Biochemical Reconstitution of Steroid Receptor•Hsp90 Protein Complexes and Reactivation of Ligand Binding
Published on: September 21, 2011
Association of the glucocorticoid hormone receptor with ribonucleic acid
Abstract:
The hypothesis that the glucocorticoid hormone receptor interacts with RNA has been tested in cultured rat hepatoma cells. The receptor was covalently labeled with radioactive dexamethasone mesylate, and putative RNA-receptor complexes were stabilized by either cell-free crosslinking using formaldehyde or irradiation of intact cells. After chemical cross-linking in vitro, the receptor displayed the buoyant density of a ribonucleoprotein in CsCl gradients. After photochemical crosslinking in cells labeled with radioactive uridine, the receptor analysed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was carrying labeled ribonucleotides.
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