Regulation of sterol synthesis in eukaryotes

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2007, Pages 401-427

  Espenshade, Peter J ^a   Hughes, Adam L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol synthesis; Endoplasmic reticulum; HMG CoA reductase; Insig; Scap; SREBP; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 39849102805     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.41.110306.130315     Document Type: Review

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