Molten globule structure and steroidogenic activity of N-218 MLN64 in human placental mitochondria

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1700-1707

  Tuckey, Robert C ^a   Bose, Himangshu S ^b   Czerwionka, Inez ^a   Miller, Walter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450; N 218 MLN64 PROTEIN; N 62 STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; PLACENTA MITOCHONDRION; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PREGNENOLONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN JEG 3; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNENOLONE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; UREA;

EID: 1642464921     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1034     Document Type: Article

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