Search for dissertations about: "Jacqueline McGuire"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Jacqueline McGuire.

2. 1. Mechanism of conditional regulation of the bHLH/PAS dioxin receptor

   Author : Jacqueline McGuire; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The intracellular dioxin receptor is a bHLH/PAS protein which mediates signal transduction by dioxin and upon heterodimerisation with the bHLH/PAS partner factor Arnt, functions as a ligand-activated transcription factor by binding to specific xenobiotic response elements in promoters of target genes. Although the physiological function of the dioxin receptor and the nature of a possible physiological ligand are presently not known, targeted disruption of the mouse dioxin receptor gene has indicated that the receptor may play an important role in hepatic development. READ MORE