Role of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) in steroidogenesis

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-205

  Stocco, Douglas M ^a   Clark, Barbara J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute steroidogenesis; cholesterol transfer; mitochondria; StAR

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); HORMONE; PREGNENOLONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STEROID;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030040802     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02093-4     Document Type: Note

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