Nuclear Receptors: From Structure to the Clinic (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)

Nuclear Receptors focuses on the structural analysis of nuclear receptors from the initial work using isolated protein domains to the more recent exciting developments investigating the conformational shape of full-length receptor complexes. The book also reviews the structure of key nuclear receptor co-regulatory proteins. It brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive review of nuclear receptor structure and the importance of receptor conformation underpinning allosteric regulation by different ligands (hormone, drugs, DNA response elements, protein-protein interactions) and receptor activity. The nuclear receptor superfamily, including receptors for steroid hormones and non-steroid ligands, are pivotal to normal physiology, regulating processes as diverse as reproduction, metabolism, the immune system and brain development. The first members of the family were cloned over 25 years ago, which heralded in the idea of a superfamily of intracellular receptor proteins that bound small molecule ligands: classical steroid hormones, vitamins, fatty acids and other products of metabolism. These signals are then transmitted through multiprotein receptor-DNA complexes, leading to the regulation of target genes, often in a cell-selective manner. The cloning of the receptor cDNAs also ushered in an era of unparalleled analysis of the mechanisms of action of these ligand-activated transcription factors.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Iain J. McEwan • Raj Kumar
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	236
Edition:	1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-18728-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Molecular biology Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > Cellular physiology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Endocrinology > General
LSN:	3-319-18728-7
Barcode:	9783319187280

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