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Regulation of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein Expression: Functional and Physiological Consequences
1 Mar 2005
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Steroid hormones are synthesized in steroidogenic cells of the adrenal, ovary, testis, placenta and brain and are essential for normal reproductive function and bodily homeostasis. The rate-limiting and regulated step in steroid biosynthesis is the intramitochondrial transport of cholesterol, a process that is mediated by the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein. The importance of StAR has been...
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