Homology models of mouse and rat estrogen receptor-α ligand-binding domain created by in silico mutagenesis of a human template: Molecular docking with 17β-estradiol, diethylstilbestrol, and paraben analogs

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Crystal structures exist for human, but not rodent, estrogen receptor-α ligand-binding domain (ERα-LBD). Consequently, rodent studies involving binding of compounds to ERα-LBD are limited in their molecular-level interpretation and extrapolation to humans. Because the sequences of rodent and human ERα-LBDs are >95% identical, we expected their 3D structures and ligand binding to be highly similar. To test this...

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