A brief history of the search for the protein(s) involved in the acute regulation of steroidogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 441, Issue , 2017, Pages 7-16

  Stocco, Douglas M ^a   Zhao, Amy H ^b   Tu, Lan N ^b   Morohaku, Kanako ^b   Selvaraj, Vimal ^b  

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

^b Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional knockout; Global knockout; Mitochondria; Steroidogenesis; Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR); Translocator Protein (TSPO)

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PREGNENOLONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN 2; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSLOCASE OF OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 20; TRANSLOCATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL 1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; STEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID STORAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZONA GLOMERULOSA; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEROIDS;

EID: 85002622868     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.07.036     Document Type: Review

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