A molecular guidance system useful in drug design is described in which nuclear receptors position ligands in intercalation sites in responsive genes. Evidence is based upon positions of agonists in receptors and the transcriptional activity of a designed estrogen that is 3 times more potent than the steroid hormone estradiol.
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