Detection of Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory protein (StAR) in mitochondria of cultured rat Sertoli cells incubated with follicle- stimulating hormone

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 470-474

  Gregory, Christopher W ^a   DePhilip, Robert M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450; FOLLITROPIN; PREGNENOLONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031884156     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.2.470     Document Type: Article

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