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trans·ac·ti·vate

 (trăns-ăk′tə-vāt′, trănz-)
tr.v. trans·ac·ti·vat·ed, trans·ac·ti·vat·ing, trans·ac·ti·vates
To stimulate the transcription of (a gene in a host cell) by binding to DNA. Genes can be transactivated naturally by a virus or cellular protein or artificially by the insertion of a transactivator gene and segment of DNA into a cell.

trans′ac·ti·va′tion n.
trans·ac′ti·va′tor n.
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Gemphire is currently collecting and collating additional information including a subchronic (13 week) study of gemcabene in PPAR knockout mice and a study of gemcabene in in vitroPPAR transactivation assays using monkey and canine PPAR isoforms.
Transactivation of the PPAR-responsive enhancer module in chemo-preventive glutathione S-stransferase gene by the Peroxisome proliferator-actuated receptor-gamma and retinoid X receptor heterodimer.
The AR has a transactivation domain which is susceptible to two forms of polymorphism: a CAG repeat polymorphism which encodes a polyglutamate tract and a GGC repeat which encodes a polyglycine tract.
Grail physically and functionally interacted with p53 to degrade it and modulate its transactivation activity.[17] Based on this evidence, Grail may play an important role in the tumorigenesis, and thus, the expression levels of Grail could be tightly controlled.
Both these domains allow specific binding to non-methylated CpG DNA motifs, essential for gene recognition, transactivation and transformation associated with MLL proteins (19).
Using this method and an MVLN cell culture assay, we recently analyzed estrogen receptor (ER) transactivation induced by PFAA extracts from serum samples provided by 397 pregnant women (Bjerregaard-Olesen et al.
The CEBPA protein contains 2 transactivation domains, TAD1 and TAD2; a basic region mediating DNA binding; and a leucine zipper region (Zip) for dimerization.
This variant has been reported in ovary, lung, central nervous system, and hematopoietic cancers.[5] Experimental studies have shown that this missense change disrupts the transcriptional transactivation function of the TP53 protein.
demonstrated that BAI could suppress mitogen-induced T cell activation, proliferation, and cytokines secretion by downregulating nuclear factor kappa B (NF-[kappa]B) transactivation (13).
In response the FDA has requested that, as part of a complete response, Gemphire must provide additional data including a subchronic (13 week) study in PPARalpha knock-out mice and PPAR transactivation assays using monkey and canine PPAR isoforms, to further understand the human relevance of the preclinical findings.
This missense mutation occurred within the transactivation domain of MafB protein.
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