Nuclear Receptors Have Binding Sites for a Signaling Molecule and a DNA

question 21

Essay

Nuclear receptors have binding sites for a signaling molecule and a DNA sequence.How is it that the same nuclear receptor, which binds to a specific DNA sequence, can regulate different genes in different cell types?

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