Pregnenolone synthesis in immature rat Sertoli cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 87-94

  Ford, Sarah L ^a   Reinhart, Adam J ^a   Lukyanenko, Yevgeniya ^a   Hutson, James C ^a   Stocco, Douglas M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage; Pregnenolone; Sertoli cells; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR)

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYCLIC AMP; CYTOCHROME P450; PREGNENOLONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOSA CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 0032744897     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00155-0     Document Type: Article

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