Steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein: What's new?

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 768-775

  Stocco, Douglas M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE MUTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; STEROID; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

EID: 0033200369     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199909)21:9<768::AID-BIES8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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