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Structural and Functional Analyses of a Sterol Carrier Protein in Spodoptera litura
BACKGROUNDS: In insects, cholesterol is one of the membrane components in cells and a precursor of ecdysteroid biosynthesis. Because insects lack two key enzymes, squalene synthase and lanosterol synthase, in the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway, they cannot autonomously synthesize cholesterol de no...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24454688 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081542 |