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Abstract
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is an exogenous ligand for the cytosolic aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a ligand-inducible transcription factor whose exact physiological role remains elusive. TCDD has been shown to modulate the expression of a large array of genes, albeit often indirectly, by demonstration of protein or mRNA upregulation. Here, by computer analysis of available promoter sequences, we identify dioxin-responsive elements in the promoter regions of many putative AhR regulated and therefore dioxin-inducible genes.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8646792 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(96)03691-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Biol Interact ISSN: 0009-2797 Impact factor: 5.192