glucocorticoid receptor

== English == === Noun === glucocorticoid receptor (plural glucocorticoid receptors) (biochemistry) A protein found in multiple forms within cells, which binds glucocorticoids and subsequently influences gene transcription. 2009 Zimmer, Carl. "Can Evolution Run in Reverse? A Study Says It’s a One-Way Street," New York Times, 28 September 2009 [cited 18 December 2009], Science section, online edition, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/science/29evol.html. They studied a protein called a glucocorticoid receptor that helps humans and most other vertebrates cope with stress by grabbing a hormone called cortisol and then switching on stress-defense genes. ==== Synonyms ==== GCCR GCR GR GRL ==== Hypernyms ==== nuclear hormone receptor ==== Hyponyms ==== GR-alpha, GR-α GR-beta, GR-β GR-gamma === References === Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, OMIM (TM). Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. MIM Number: 138040: 15 September 2009: . World Wide Web URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/ (specific entry archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20150906115411/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=138040, 18 December 2009). Nussey, S. S. and Whitehead, S. A. The adrenal gland. In: Bosher, Andrea. Endocrinology: An Integrated Approach. Oxford, UK: BIOS Scientific Publishers; 2001 [cited 18 December 2009]. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=endocrin&part=A442#A468 .