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Preferred term

Orphan Nuclear Receptors  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Nuclear Receptor, Orphan
  • Orphan Nuclear Receptor
  • Receptor, Orphan Nuclear

Note

  • do not confuse with RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE-LIKE ORPHAN RECEPTORS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2010

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D057093

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