The cholesterol-regulated StarD4 gene encodes a StAR-related lipid transfer protein with two closely related homologues, StarD5 and StarD6.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on May 14, 2002

Authors

Raymond E Soccio1, Rachel M Adams, Michael J Romanowski, Ephraim Sehayek, Stephen K Burley, Jan L Breslow

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.

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