Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein: The StAR still shines brightly

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

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

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

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

Author keywords

P450 side chain cleavage enzyme; Steroidogenesis; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0030685095     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00166-4     Document Type: Article

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