Transcriptional regulation by many kinds of transcription factors involves coactivator and corepressor complexes. The highly related corepressors N-CoR (nuclear receptor corepressor) and SMRT (silencing mediator for retinoid and thyroid hormone receptors) were first identified as proteins capable of binding unliganded thyroid hormone (T 3
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