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VDR
(redirected from Vitamin D receptor)

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VDRVideo Disk Recorder
VDRVitamin D Receptor
VDRVoyage Data Recorder (Shipborne Black Box)
VDRVirtual Data Room (due diligence excercises)
VDRVoltage Dependent Resistor
VDRVHF Data Radio
VDRVehicle Design Rules (gaming)
VDRVapor Diffusion Retarder (insulation, air barrier technique in construction)
VDRVoice-Data Recorder (black box)
VDRVice-Dean / Research
VDRVolumetric Diffusive Respiration
VDRVoice Digitization Rate
VDRVeterinary Dentistry Report
VDRVoltage Detector Reset
VDRVulcan Drifter Riders
VDRVirtual Data Reentry
VDRVendor Data Requirement (BioPharm and PowGen market purchasing)


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Most of the known biological effects occur through the direct transcriptional regulation of specific target genes by binding to the vitamin D receptor (VDR), which binds to its response element in target genes as a heterodimer with the RXR (Glass 1994).
Interaction between vitamins A and D on growth and metabolic ... by Wang, Xiaojie / Journal of Shellfish Research
The vitamin D receptor is necessary for lalpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) to suppress experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice.
Vitamin D deficiency in the southern United States by Tangpricha, Vin / Southern Medical Journal
The scientists showed that in eight fair-skinned people, a single dose of ultraviolet-B radiation--just enough to evoke some skin reddening the next day--activated the vitamin D receptor and the cathelicidin gene in the exposed skin.
The antibiotic vitamin: deficiency in vitamin D may predispose people ... by Raloff, Janet / Science News
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