Article
Physical and functional interaction between the vitamin D receptor and hairless corepressor, two proteins required for hair cycling.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Oct 2003
Hsieh Jui-Cheng, Sisk Jeanne M, Jurutka Peter W, Haussler Carol A, Slater Stephanie A, Haussler Mark R, Thompson Catherine C
Abstract excerpt
Both the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and hairless (hr) genes play a role in the mammalian hair cycle, as inactivating mutations in either result in total alopecia. VDR is a nuclear receptor that functions as a ligand-activated transcription factor, whereas the hairless gene product (Hr) acts as a corepressor of both the thyroid hormone receptor (TR) and the orphan nuclear receptor, RORalpha. In the present study, we...
Topics
- Animals
- COS Cells
- Cell Nucleus
- Cloning, Molecular
- Glutathione Transferase
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization
- Ligands
- Mice
- Mutation
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 1
