The chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor (COUP-TFs) proteins are members of the
nuclear receptor family of
intracellular
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transcription factor
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There are two variants of the COUP-TFs, labeled as
COUP-TFI and
COUP-TFII
COUP-TFII (COUP transcription factor 2), also known as NR2F2 (nuclear receptor subfamily 2, group F, member 2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''NR2F2'' gene. The COUP acronym stands for chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter.
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encoded by the and genes respectively.
COUP-TFs play critical roles in the development of organisms.
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Intracellular receptors
Transcription factors
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