Orphan Nuclear Receptors

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A broad category of receptor-like proteins that may play a role in transcriptional-regulation in the CELL NUCLEUS. Many of these proteins are similar in structure to known NUCLEAR RECEPTORS but appear to lack a functional ligand-binding domain, while in other cases the specific ligands have yet to be identified.

Descriptor ID	D057093
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.260.643 D12.776.826.209 D12.776.930.645
Concept/Terms	Orphan Nuclear Receptors Orphan Nuclear Receptors Nuclear Receptors, Orphan Receptors, Orphan Nuclear

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Orphan Nuclear Receptors".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
DNA-Binding Proteins [D12.776.260]
Orphan Nuclear Receptors [D12.776.260.643]
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear [D12.776.826]
Orphan Nuclear Receptors [D12.776.826.209]
Transcription Factors [D12.776.930]
Orphan Nuclear Receptors [D12.776.930.645]

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
2004	1	1
2006	1	1
2007	1	1
2010	3	3

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