StAR - A tissue specific acute mediator of steroidogenesis

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 227-233

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

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; PREGNENOLONE;

CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030250026     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(96)00114-2     Document Type: Review

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