StAR Protein Stability in Y1 and Kin-8 Mouse Adrenocortical Cells
The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (STAR) protein expression is required for cholesterol transport into mitochondria to initiate steroidogenesis in the adrenal and gonads. STAR is synthesized as a 37 kDa precursor protein which is targeted to the mitochondria and imported and processed to an...
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MDPI AG
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/4/1/200 |