Toward the NMR structure of StAR

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 89-93

  Barbar, Élie ^a   LeHoux, Jean Guy ^a   Lavigne, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helix; Cholesterol; NMR; StAR; Steroidogenesis; Structure

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ALPHA HELIX; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE MUTATION; HETERONUCLEAR SINGLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; LIPID TRANSPORT; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 59649098219     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.12.007     Document Type: Review

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