The role of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein in steroidogenesis

Steroids

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

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

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031034235     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(96)00155-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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