See Also: steroid receptor(medicine)
steroid(encyclopedia)
steroid(dictionary)
Steroid(health)
steroid(dictionary)
Steroid(medicine)
steroid hormones(medicine)
steroid isomerases(medicine)
steroid monooxygenases(medicine)
steroid nucleus(medicine)

anandrous (iou) and steroid receptor (medicine)


anandrous (iou)



anandrous adjective. M19.
[from Greek anandros without males, from an- AN-5 + andr-, aner man + -OUS.]
Botany. Having no stamens.

steroid receptor (medicine)


steroid receptor
Family of nuclear transcription factors, most of which are receptors for hormones of the steroid family, for example androgen, oestrogen, glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, progesterone, retinoic acid, ecdysone, thyroid hormone and the Drosophila transcription factors knirps, ultraspiracle and seven up. This family contains a conserved domain (the steroid finger motif) containing two C4 type zinc fingers.