The Steroidogenic Factor 1 (SF-1) protein is a transcription factor involved in sex determination by controlling activity of genes related to the reproductive glands or gonads and adrenal glands. This protein is encoded by the NR5A1 gene, a member of the nuclear receptor subfamily, located on the long arm of chromosome 9 at position 33.3. SF-1 is expressed in the cortex of normal adrenal gland, adrenal cortical adenomas and carcinomas. It is also positive in sex-cord stromal tumors of testicle and ovarian origins.