Estructura del complejo de receptores nucleares PPAR-gamma-RXR- intacto en el ADN

Vikas Chandra1, Pengxiang Huang, Yoshitomo Hamuro

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, and Center for Molecular Design, University of Virginia Health System, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0735, USA.

Nature
|December 2, 2008
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio revela cómo los heterodímeros intactos del receptor-gamma activado por el proliferador peroxisomático (PPAR-gamma) y el receptor-alfa del retinoide X (RXR-alfa) se unen al ADN y a los ligandos. El dominio de unión de ligando PPAR-gamma coopera con los dominios de unión al ADN para mejorar la regulación génica.

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