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Prasanthi P Koganti, Amy H Zhao, Michael C Kern

    Biorxiv : the Preprint Server for Biology
    |April 16, 2025
    PubMed
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    The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (STAR) acts as a shuttle, moving cholesterol to mitochondria for hormone synthesis. This study reveals STAR

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