Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor: Structure and function of a cholesterol-binding protein in steroid and bile acid biosynthesis

Steroids

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 569-585

  Lacapère, Jean Jacques ^a   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile acid biosynthesis; Cholesterol; Mitochondria; Neurosteroids; Steroid biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DIAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RO 54864; STEROID; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYLATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEYDIG CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOLIPOSOME; REDUCTION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0042737939     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(03)00101-6     Document Type: Review

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