Analysis of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) gene in Japanese patients with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 571-576

  Nakae, Jun ^a   Tajima, Toshihiro ^a   Sugawara, Teruo ^b   Arakane, Futoshi ^b   Hanaki, Keiichi ^c   Hotsubo, Tomoyuki ^d   Igarashi, Noboru ^e   Igarashi, Yutaka ^f   Ishii, Tadashi ^g   Koda, Naoya ^h   Kondo, Takuma ⁱ   Kohno, Hitoshi ^j   Nakagawa, Yuichi ^k   Tachibana, Katsuhiko ^l   Takeshima, Yasuhiro ^m   Tsubouchi, Kohji ⁿ   Strauss III, Jerome F ^b   Fujieda, Kenji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Igarashi Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^g WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ Kondo Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^j FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^m National Kakogawa Hospital   (Japan)

ⁿ GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COS CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC MARKERS; JAPAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNENOLONE; SEQUENCE DELETION; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 8244237727     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.4.571     Document Type: Article

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