Plant Sterol Methyltransferases: Phytosterolomic Analysis, Enzymology, and Bioengineering Strategies

Advances in Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2008, Pages 241-281

  Zhou, Wenxu ^a   Nguyen, Henry T ^b   Nes, W David ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Phytosterol biosynthesis; Sitosterol; Sterol biosynthesis; Sterol methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 65249099128     PISSN: 17550408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1755-0408(07)01009-0     Document Type: Review

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