STARD6 is expressed in steroidogenic cells of the ovary and can enhance de novo steroidogenesis

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 430-435

  LaVoie, Holly A ^a   Whitfield, Nicole E ^a   Shi, Bo ^a   King, Steven R ^b   Bose, Himangshu S ^c   Hui, Yvonne Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

corpus luteum; ovary; STARD1; STARD6; steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORPUS LUTEUM; OVARY; STARD1; STARD6; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CORPUS LUTEUM; COS CELLS; CYCLIC AMP; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE;

EID: 84898991494     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1535370213517616     Document Type: Article

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