androgen receptor activity (GO:0004882)

Combining with an androgen and transmitting the signal to the transcriptional machinery by interacting selectively and non-covalently with an androgen response element in DNA in order to modulate transcription by RNA polymerase II.

General

ligand-activated sequence-specific DNA binding RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity (GO:0004879) steroid hormone receptor activity (GO:0003707)

References

gene ontology: GO:0004882 PMID: 19372015