A review of the characteristics of the protein required for the acute regulation of steroid hormone biosynthesis: The case for the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-129

  Stocco, Douglas M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LEYDIG CELL; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031917028     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-217-44214     Document Type: Review

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