Expression of adrenocortical steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein is influenced by chromaffin cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Haidan, A ^a   Bornstein, S R ^b   Liu, Z ^d   Walsh, L P ^d   Stocco, D M ^d   Ehrhart Bornstein, M ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine III   (Austria)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adrenocortical cells; Chromaffin cells; Peripheral benzodiazepine receptor; Steroidogenesis, (bovine adrenal); Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL INTERACTION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EPINEPHRINE; GENE EXPRESSION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034713748     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(00)00267-7     Document Type: Article

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