Requirement of sterols in the life cycle of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-182

  Entchev, Eugeni V ^a   Kurzchalia, Teymuras V ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cholesterol; Dauer formation; Molting; Sterols

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HORMONE; STEROL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HUMAN; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLTING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEROL METABOLISM; WORM;

EID: 15944426129     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2005.01.004     Document Type: Review

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