METHODS OF DETECTING DISSOCIATED NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR LIGANDS

摘要

The present invention provides a method of identifying an effective agent that dissociates nuclear hormone receptor activities. The method includes the steps of contacting a nuclear hormone receptor with one or more agents under conditions suitable for forming a test complex containing nuclear hormone receptor dimer, coactivator and corepressor; assaying for coactivator association with the test complex; and assaying for corepressor association with the test complex, where coactivator association combined with corepressor association indicates that at least one of the agents is an effective agent that dissociates nuclear hormone receptor activities.