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Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha
Tree Number(s)
D12.776.826.701.250
D12.776.930.775.250
Unique ID
D000072482
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000072482
Scope Note
A nuclear receptor protein which belongs to a family of transcription regulators of ligand-responsive regulatory proteins which include steroid hormone receptors. In addition to a C-terminal ligand-binding domain, these nuclear receptors contain a highly-conserved N-terminal zinc-finger domain that mediates binding ligand-responsive elements.
Entry Term(s)
RAR alpha 1
RAR alpha 2
Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha 1
Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha 2
Registry Numbers
0
Public MeSH Note
2017; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA was indexed under RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID 1993-2016
History Note
2017 (1993)
Date Introduced
2017/01/01
Last Updated
2017/06/19
Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha Preferred
Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha 2 Narrower
Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha 1 Narrower
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