Unveiling the mechanism of action and regulation of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 39-45

  Kallen, Caleb B ^a,b   Arakane, Futoshi ^a,b   Christenson, Lane K ^a,b   Watari, Hidemichi ^a,b   Devoto, Luigi ^a,b   Strauss III, Jerome F ^a,b  

^a Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein kinase A; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein; Trophic hormones

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STEROIDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0032566935     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00167-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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