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DIOXIN RECEPTOR
• The dioxin
receptor is the Aryl Hydrogen
Hydrogenase (AHH) receptor an intracellular protein which binds to
planar molecules
(1.4 x 0.68 x 0.4nm)
then migrates to
the DNA receptor
sites ® mRNA &
toxic response.
Hydrogenase (AHH) receptor an intracellular protein which binds to
planar molecules
(1.4 x 0.68 x 0.4nm)
then migrates to
the DNA receptor
sites ® mRNA &
toxic response.
• PeCDF
•TCDD
• PCBs also bind
to the dioxin
receptor.
to the dioxin
receptor.
