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nuclear receptor superfamily

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nuclear receptor superfamily [¦nü·klē·ər ri¦sep·tər ′sü·pər‚fam·lē]
(cell and molecular biology)
A large family of intracellular receptor proteins that bind to hydrophobic signal molecules (such as steroid and thyroid hormones) or intracellular metabolites and are thus activated to bind to specific DNA sequences, affecting transcription.


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