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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Transcription Factors > Receptors, Retinoic Acid > Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear > Receptors, Retinoic Acid > Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha

Preferred term

Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha 1
  • Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha 2

Scope note

  • A nuclear receptor protein which belongs to a family of transcription regulators of ligand-responsive regulatory proteins which include steroid hormone receptors. In addition to a C-terminal ligand-binding domain, these nuclear receptors contain a highly-conserved N-terminal zinc-finger domain that mediates binding ligand-responsive elements.

History note

  • 2017 (1993)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000072482

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