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Ligand-independent repression by the thyroid hormone receptor mediated by a nuclear receptor co-repressor

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Thyroid-hormone and retinoic-acid receptors exert their regulatory functions by acting as both activators and repressers of gene expression. A nuclear receptor co-repressor (N-CoR) of relative molecular mass 270K has been identified which mediates ligand-independent inhibition of gene transcription by these receptors, suggesting that the molecular mechanisms of repression by thyroid-hormone and retinoic-acid receptors are analogous to the co-repressor-dependent transcriptional inhibitory mechanisms of yeast and Drosophila.

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Hörlein, A., Näär, A., Heinzel, T. et al. Ligand-independent repression by the thyroid hormone receptor mediated by a nuclear receptor co-repressor. Nature 377, 397–404 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/377397a0

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