Scientists looking for a repressor of the androgen receptor (AR)-mediated transcription gene discovered a protein, Ankrd1. ARs were observed to bind to Ankrd1 and, in cells where Ankrd1 was over-expressed, AR-mediated transcription was inhibited. The scientists also detected lower levels of ARs when Ankrd1 was overexpressed using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and Ankrd1 was not detected by ChIP. Based on these observations, what conclusions would the scientists most likely draw?