Structure and Function of the Human Nuclear Xenobiotic Receptor PXR

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The pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a member of the nuclear receptor family of ligand-regulated transcription factors. Like many former orphan nuclear receptors, it contains both DNA and ligand binding domains and binds to response elements in the regulatory regions of target genes as a heterodimer with RXRalpha. Unlike the vast majority of nuclear receptors, however, PXR responds to a wide variety of chemically...

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