Multimeric forms of members of the steroid/thyroid superfamily of receptors with the ultraspiracle receptor
US7119077B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K14/721
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that various members of the steroid/thyroid superfamily of receptors can interact with the insect-derived ultraspiracle receptor, to form multimeric species. Accordingly, the interaction of at least one member of the steroid/thyroid superfamily of receptors with at least the dimerization domain of the ultraspiracle receptor modulates the ability of said member of the steroid/thyroid superfamily of receptors to transactivate transcription of genes maintained under hormone expression control in the presence of the cognate ligand for said member of the superfamily.
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