Identification of a receptor for the morphogen retinoic acid.

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Giguere V, Ong ES, Segui P, Evans RM

Identification of a receptor for the morphogen retinoic acid.

Nature. 1987 Dec 17-23;330(6149):624-9.

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Abstract

Analysis of complementary DNA encoding a novel gene product reveals striking similarity to the steroid and thyroid hormone receptors. Binding and transcription activational studies show it to be a receptor for the vitamin A-related morphogen retinoic acid.

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Polypeptides
NameUniProt ID
Retinoic acid receptor alphaP10276Details