steroid hormone receptor activity
Combining with a steroid hormone and transmitting the signal within the cell to initiate a change in cell activity or function. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14708019 ]
Term info
steroid hormone receptor activity
Some steroid hormone receptors reside in the plasma membrane and signal through second messengers or other intracellular signal transduction pathways. For steroid hormone receptors that act in the nucleus to regulate transcription, consider also annotating to the terms: nuclear receptor activity ; GO:0004879' or nuclear receptor transcription coactivator activity ; GO:0030374'.
molecular_function
GO:0003707