ER-RAR Yin and Yang (IMAGE)

University of Chicago Medical Center

ER-RAR Yin and Yang

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This is an artistic depiction of the proposed competitive binding of Retinoic Acid Receptors (blue) and Estrogen Receptor alpha (purple) to a genomic target site to achieve the antagonistic transcriptional effects indicated by the yin and yang symbol.

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Artwork by Janet Iwasa for the University of Chicago.

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