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GO term:steroid hormone receptor activity
GO id:GO:0003707
Definition:Combining with a steroid hormone and transmitting the signal within the cell to initiate a change in cell activity or function.
CommentsSome steroid hormone receptors reside in the plasma membrane and signal through second messengers or other intracellular signal transduction pathways. For steroid hormone receptors that act in the nucleus to regulate transcription, consider also annotating to the terms: ligand-activated sequence-specific DNA binding RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity ; GO:0038049' or ligand-activated RNA polymerase II transcription factor binding transcription factor activity ; GO:0038049'.
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negatively-regulatesdenotes a 'negatively-regulates' relationship


Gene_Ontology
        is-amolecular_function
                is-amolecular transducer activity
                        is-asignal transducer activity
                                is-asignaling receptor activity
                                        is-aadvanced glycation end-product receptor activity
                                        is-aaryl hydrocarbon receptor activity
                                        is-abile acid receptor activity +
                                        is-acoreceptor activity +
                                        is-acorticotropin-releasing hormone receptor activity
                                        is-adiuretic hormone receptor activity
                                        is-ahigh molecular weight B cell growth factor receptor activity
                                        is-ainositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive calcium-release channel activity
                                        is-aleucokinin receptor activity
                                        is-aligand-activated RNA polymerase II transcription factor binding transcription factor activity +
                                        is-aligand-activated sequence-specific DNA binding RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity +
                                        is-aneurotransmitter receptor activity +
                                        is-aneurotrophin receptor activity +
                                        is-apattern recognition receptor activity +
                                        is-apeptide receptor activity +
                                        is-aphorbol ester receptor activity +
                                        is-aphosphorelay sensor kinase activity
                                        is-aphotoreceptor activity +
                                        is-asteroid hormone receptor activity [GO:0003707] (51 genes, 62 annotations)
                                                is-aandrogen receptor activity
                                                is-aecdysteroid hormone receptor activity
                                                is-aestrogen receptor activity +
                                                is-aglucocorticoid receptor activity +
                                                is-amineralocorticoid receptor activity
                                        is-athrombospondin receptor activity
                                        is-atransmembrane signaling receptor activity +
                                        is-aU-plasminogen activator receptor activity


Gene_Ontology
        is-amolecular_function
                is-areceptor activity
                        is-asignaling receptor activity
                                is-aadvanced glycation end-product receptor activity
                                is-aaryl hydrocarbon receptor activity
                                is-abile acid receptor activity +
                                is-acoreceptor activity +
                                is-acorticotropin-releasing hormone receptor activity
                                is-adiuretic hormone receptor activity
                                is-ahigh molecular weight B cell growth factor receptor activity
                                is-ainositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive calcium-release channel activity
                                is-aleucokinin receptor activity
                                is-aligand-activated RNA polymerase II transcription factor binding transcription factor activity +
                                is-aligand-activated sequence-specific DNA binding RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity +
                                is-aneurotransmitter receptor activity +
                                is-aneurotrophin receptor activity +
                                is-apattern recognition receptor activity +
                                is-apeptide receptor activity +
                                is-aphorbol ester receptor activity +
                                is-aphosphorelay sensor kinase activity
                                is-aphotoreceptor activity +
                                is-asteroid hormone receptor activity [GO:0003707] (51 genes, 62 annotations)
                                        is-aandrogen receptor activity
                                        is-aecdysteroid hormone receptor activity
                                        is-aestrogen receptor activity +
                                        is-aglucocorticoid receptor activity +
                                        is-amineralocorticoid receptor activity
                                is-athrombospondin receptor activity
                                is-atransmembrane signaling receptor activity +
                                is-aU-plasminogen activator receptor activity


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