Mechanisms of sterol uptake and transport in yeast

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 70-78

  Jacquier, Nicolas ^a   Schneiter, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Endoplasmic reticulum; Lipid detoxification; Lipid droplets; Lipid homeostasis; Lipid transport; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sterol metabolism; Steryl esters

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ABC TRANSPORTER G1; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; ERGOSTEROL; FAT DROPLET; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; PREGNENOLONE; SPHINGOLIPID;

ACETYLATION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUXOTROPHY; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEACETYLATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESTERIFICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIPID TRANSPORT; LYSOSOME; MAMMAL CELL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SECRETORY PATHWAY; STEROL SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANGIER DISEASE; WOLMAN DISEASE;

ACETYLATION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ERGOSTEROL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; STEROLS; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84857783449     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.11.014     Document Type: Review

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