Expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) in the human ovary

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4122-4128

  Kiriakidou, Marianthi ^b   Mcallister, Jan M ^b   Sugawara, Teruo ^b   Strauss III, Jerome F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE C; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FEMALE; FORSKOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUCIFERASES; LUTEAL CELLS; OVARY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RNA, MESSENGER; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0029837487     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.11.4122     Document Type: Article

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