Expression of a Streptomyces 3-hydroxysteroid oxidase gene in oilseeds for converting phytosterols to phytostanols

Phytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-46

  Venkatramesh, Mylavarapu ^a   Karunanandaa, Balasulojini ^a   Sun, Bin ^a   Gunter, Catharine A ^a   Boddupalli, Sekhar ^a   Kishore, Ganesh M ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxysteroid oxidase; Brassica napus; Campestanol; Campesterol; Cruciferae; Glycine max; Leguminosae; Sitostanol; Sitosterol; Stigmastanol; Stigmasterol; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYSTEROID OXIDASE; BRASSICASTANOL; BRASSICASTEROL; CAMPESTEROL; DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOSTANOL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGENATION; RAPESEED; SOYBEAN; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; BRASSICA NAPUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; STREPTOMYCES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; FABACEAE; GLYCINE MAX; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS;

EID: 0038262036     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00431-4     Document Type: Article

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