Carl Thummel, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Human Genetics
RESEARCH SUMMARY & GOALS
Our lab is studying the molecular mechanisms of steroid hormone action
during development. Biochemical and functional studies of vertebrate nuclear
hormone receptors have led to extensive characterization of their hormone
and DNA binding properties and effects on transcription. Our understanding
of the later steps in hormone action, however, is relatively primitive; we know
that hormones control growth, metabolism, and development, but the actual
molecular mechanisms involved remain obscure.
We have chosen the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system for
studying the molecular mechanisms of steroid hormone action.
BIOGRAPHY
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LABORATORY INFORMATION:
thummel.genetics.utah.edu
