Aug 2026
Role of the steroid hormone synthesis pathway-related gene StAR-like in gonadal development of mud crab (Scylla paramamosain).
In vertebrates, the canonical steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) proteins, which lack N-terminal MENTAL domains, transport cholesterol into mitochondria to initiate steroidogenesis. However, whether a vertebrate-like steroidogenic pathway exists in crustaceans remains controversial. In this study, the complete ORF o...
Yicong Huang, Jiahui Du, Xianyuan Zeng et al.
· Comparative biochemistry and... · 0 citations