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Distribution and transport of cholesterol in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Jun 2001
Matyash V, Geier C, Henske A, Mukherjee S, Hirsh D, Thiele C, Grant B, Maxfield F R, Kurzchalia T V
Abstract excerpt
Cholesterol transport is an essential process in all multicellular organisms. In this study we applied two recently developed approaches to investigate the distribution and molecular mechanisms of cholesterol transport in Caenorhabditis elegans. The distribution of cholesterol in living worms was studied by imaging its fluorescent analog, dehydroergosterol, which we applied to the animals by feeding....
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