Characterization of the cod (Gadus morhua) steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) sheds light on StAR gene structure in fish

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-362

  Goetz, Frederick W ^a   Norberg, Birgitta ^b   McCauley, Linda A R ^a   Iliev, Dimitar B ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cod; Gadids; Gene structure; Ovary; Steroidogenesis; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein; Steroids

Indexed keywords

STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EXON; FISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAR GENE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1842579227     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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