Does the StarD6 mark the same as the StAR in the nervous system?

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-242

  Chang, In Youb ^a   Jeon, Young Jin ^a   Jung, Sung Mi ^a   Jang, Young Hun ^a   Ahn, Jong Bae ^a   Park, Kyung Soo ^b   Yoon, Sang Pil ^a,c  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Seonam University   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cultured cells; Hippocampus; Morphometry; START proteins

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN D6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EPILEPSY; GLIA CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS;

EID: 77956175826     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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