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Identification of glucocorticoid receptor in Drosophila melanogaster.
BMC microbiology - 15 Jun 2020
Bartolo Gloria, Gonzalez Leandra O, Alameh Saleem, Valencia C Alexander, Martchenko Shilman Mikhail
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BACKGROUND: Vertebrate glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is an evolutionary-conserved cortisol-regulated nuclear receptor that controls key metabolic and developmental pathways. Upon binding to cortisol, GR acts as an immunosuppressive transcription factor. Drosophila melanogaster, a model organism to study innate immunity, can also be immunosuppressed by glucocorticoids. However, while the genome of fruit fly harbors...
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