Peroxisomes in adrenal steroidogenesis

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 493-502

  Magalhães, Manuel M ^a,b   Magalhães, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Inst of Pharmacol and Therapeutics   (Portugal)

Author keywords

cholesterol synthesis; peroxisomal diseases; sterol carrier protein 2

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEINS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; BILE ACID; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; ETHER PHOSPHOLIPIDS; MATRIX; METABOLIC PROCESS; PEROXISOMAL DISEASE; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN-2; VERY LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030959967     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970315)36:6<493::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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