Steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein and cholesterol side-chain cleavage (P450scc)-regulated steroidogenesis as an organ-specific molecular and cellular target for endocrine disrupting chemicals in fish

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 527-540

  Arukwe, Augustine ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Endocrine disruption; Organ specificity; P450scc; StAR

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PREGNENOLONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOASSAY; CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; FISH; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; WILDLIFE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; STEROIDS;

EID: 56349137100     PISSN: 07422091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10565-008-9069-7     Document Type: Review

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