Expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein in cultured Schwann cells and its regulation by cAMP

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 973, Issue , 2002, Pages 83-87

  Benmessahel, Y ^a   Guennoun, R ^a   Cadepond, F ^a   Baulieu, E E ^a   Schumacher, M ^a   Groyer, G ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

cAMP; Schwann cells; StAR protein

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SERUM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036961790     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04611.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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