Sterol Evolution: Cholesterol Synthesis in Animals Is Less a Required Trait Than an Acquired Taste
| Autor: | Isabelle M. Capell-Hattam, Andrew J. Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Cholesterol synthesis Taste Auxotrophy Biology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine parasitic diseases Animals Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins Cholesterol fungi Acquired taste biology.organism_classification Sterol Sterols 030104 developmental biology Biochemistry chemistry Trait lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Current biology : CB. 30(15) |
| ISSN: | 1879-0445 |
| Popis: | Although cholesterol is considered a vital lipid for animals, not all animals can make cholesterol. A new study employing that celebrated elegant worm, Caenorhabditis elegans, investigates mechanisms that evolved in a sterol auxotroph to enable survival without sterol synthesis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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