Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 55, Issue C, 1998, Pages 399-441

  Stocco, Douglas M ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; STEROID; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEROIDS;

EID: 0032615922     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(08)60940-1     Document Type: Article

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