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Web Links
Nuclear Receptor Nomenclature Committee
http://www.ens‐lyon.fr/LBMC/laudet/NucRec/nomenclature.html
NCBI BLAST
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/
Peroxisome proliferative activated receptor, alpha (PPARA); LocusID: 5465. LocusLink:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/LocusLink/LocRpt.cgi?l=5465
Progesterone receptor (PGR); LocusID: 5421. LocusLink:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/LocusLink/LocRpt.cgi?l=5421
Retinoic acid receptor, alpha (RARA); LocusID: 5914. LocusLink:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/LocusLink/LocRpt.cgi?l=5914
Retinoid X receptor, alpha (RXRA); LocusID: 6256. LocusLink:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/LocusLink/LocRpt.cgi?l=6256
Thyroid hormone receptor, alpha (THRA); LocusID: 7067. LocusLink:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/LocusLink/LocRpt.cgi?l=7067
Peroxisome proliferative activated receptor, alpha (PPARA); MIM number: 170998. OMIM:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin‐post/Omim/dispmim?170998
Progesterone receptor (PGR); MIM number: 607311. OMIM:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin‐post/Omim/dispmim?607311
Retinoic acid receptor, alpha (RARA); MIM number: 180240. OMIM:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin‐post/Omim/dispmim?180240
Retinoid X receptor, alpha (RXRA); MIM number: 180245. OMIM:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin‐post/Omim/dispmim?180245
Thyroid hormone receptor, alpha (THRA); MIM number: 190120. OMIM:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin‐post/Omim/dispmim?190120