Steroid Receptor Family (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

Steroid Receptor Family

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GR is part of a family of steroid receptor proteins that control cells' responses to hormones such as estrogen, testosterone and aldosterone. Our genomes contain separate genes encoding each one. Scientists think that this family evolved by gene duplication, branch by branch, from a single ancestor present in primitive vertebrates.

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Eric Ortlund

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