Tag Archives | Notes on Nuclear Receptors

Steroid hormones exert their action on target cells after binding to specific receptors which are ligand-inducible transcription factors localized primarily within the nucleus. The steroid-receptor complex regulates the synthesis of specific proteins primarily by altering the rate of transcription of specific genes. The steroid hormone receptors belong to a super-family of so-called nuclear receptors that also includes the receptors for [...]