Downregulation of steroidogenic acute re
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Yasmina Benmessahel; Jean-Denis Troadec; FranΓ§oise Cadepond; Rachida Guennoun; D
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) plays a key role in the availability of cholesterol to the inner mitochondrial membrane, where the first step of steroidogenesis, its conversion to pregnenolone, takes place. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that the StAR gene is also