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Regulation of Gene Expression by Steroid Hormones

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Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes appears to utilize the same mechanisms that have been described in prokaryotic systems, namely the interaction of regulatory proteins with specific sequences near the regulated promoters. Examples of such regulatory proteins are the T-antigen of SV40 (see Schlokat and Gruss, this Vol.), the protein that regulates heat shock gene expression and the steroid hormone receptors. This chapter discusses DNA sequences that bind steroid hormone receptors, mechanisms of transcriptional activation by these receptors and the role of chromatin configuration in this process.

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Beato, M. (1986). Regulation of Gene Expression by Steroid Hormones. In: Kahn, P., Graf, T. (eds) Oncogenes and Growth Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73325-3_29

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