Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein: Its presence and function in brain neurosteroidogenesis

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 383-392

  Kim, Hyun Joon ^a   Kang, Sang Soo ^a   Cho, Gyeong Jae ^a   Choi, Wan Sung ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROSTEROID; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE GLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS;

EID: 15744396561     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.67.383     Document Type: Review

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