Hormone response element
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A hormone response element (HRE) is a short sequence of DNA within the promoter of a gene that is able to bind a specific hormone receptor complex and therefore regulate transcription.[1] The sequence is most commonly a pair of inverted repeats separated by three nucleotides, which also indicates that the receptor binds as a dimer.
A gene may have many different response elements, allowing complex control to be exerted over the level and rate of transcription.[2]
The glucocorticoid response element ("GRE") is "5'-GGTACAnnnTGTTCT-3'". The "n"s refer to positions that don't require a specific nucleotide for binding.[3][4]
This GRE is shared with mineralocorticoids, progesterone, and androgens, but not estrogen.
[edit] References
- ^ Steroid Hormone Receptors and their Response Elements. Retrieved on 2006-11-09.
- ^ Lodish; et al. (2004). Molecular Cell Biology, 5th edn, W.H. Freeman and Company. 0-7167-4366-3.
- ^ http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/moaction/intracell.html
- ^ http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/SteroidREs.html
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