STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 controls the level of cholesterol in plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 853-870

  Diener, Andrew C ^a   Li, Haoxia ^b   Zhou, Wen Xu ^b   Whoriskey, Wendy J ^c   Nes, W David ^b   Fink, Gerald R ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0033949584     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.6.853     Document Type: Article

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