Name: | DAX-1 Orphan Nuclear Receptor |
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Description: | An orphan nuclear receptor that is implicated in regulation of steroidogenic pathways. It is unlike most orphan nuclear receptors in that it appears to lack an essential DNA-binding domain and instead acts as a transcriptional co-repressor. Mutations in the gene Dax-1 cause congenital adrenal hypoplasia. |
Synonyms: |
DSS-AHC Critical Region on the X Chromosome, Gene 1 Protein; Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 0, Group B, Member 1; DSS AHC Critical Region on the X Chromosome, Gene 1 Protein; Nuclear Receptor 0B1; DAX 1 Orphan Nuclear Receptor; Nuclear Receptor DAX 1; Nuclear Receptor DAX-1; Nuclear Receptor NR0B1
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