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Cells express a variety of proteins on their surface that allows them to sample the world. These proteins are embedded in the plasma membrane, a bilayer of lipids that surrounds the cell. Since the lipid and protein dimensions are in the nanometer range, they are subject to ther…

Nuclear hormone receptors (NHRs) are ligand-activated transcriptions factors which transduce the effects of various hormones as well as nutritional and other environmental signals. They thus function to maintain physiological homeostasis by integrating the tissue expression of s…