Ningwu Huang et al.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.), 19(2), 409-420 (2004-10-09)
The cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme, P450scc, initiates biosynthesis of all steroid hormones. Adrenal and gonadal P450scc expression requires steroidogenic factor-1 (SF1), but P450scc expression in human placental JEG-3 cells utilizes an SF1-independent element at -155/-131 that is inactive in adrenals