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Ergosterol

Known as: Pro-Vitamin D2, Ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3-ol, (3beta,22E)-, Provitamin D 2 
A steroid occurring in FUNGI. Irradiation with ULTRAVIOLET RAYS results in formation of ERGOCALCIFEROL (vitamin D2).
National Institutes of Health

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1,25-dihydroxylumisterol(3)17-methylincisterol22,23-dihydroergosterol23-demethylacanthasterol

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CholestanesPhytosterols
Ergosterol:MCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:QnIn BloodLumisterolProcess of secretion

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Review
2017
Review
2017
Azole Antifungal Resistance in Candida albicans and Emerging Non-albicans Candida Species
Within the limited antifungal armamentarium, the azole antifungals are the most frequent class used to treat Candida infections… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
CHARMM‐GUI Membrane Builder toward realistic biological membrane simulations
  • E. WuXi Cheng W. Im
  • Journal of Computational Chemistry
  • 2014
  • Corpus ID: 24205541
CHARMM‐GUI Membrane Builder, http://www.charmm‐gui.org/input/membrane, is a web‐based user interface designed to interactively… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Amphotericin primarily kills yeast by simply binding ergosterol
Amphotericin B (AmB) is a prototypical small molecule natural product that can form ion channels in living eukaryotic cells and… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Comparison of temperature effects on soil respiration and bacterial and fungal growth rates.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Candida albicans Mutations in the Ergosterol Biosynthetic Pathway and Resistance to Several Antifungal Agents
ABSTRACT The role of sterol mutations in the resistance of Candida albicans to antifungal agents has not been thoroughly… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The use of phospholipid fatty acid analysis to estimate bacterial and fungal biomass in soil
The cell content of 12 bacterial phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) was determined in bacteria extracted from soil by homogenization… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Ergosterol and microbial biomass relationship in soil
Ergosterol and microbial biomass C were measured in 26 arable, 16 grassland and 30 forest soils. The ergosterol content ranged… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Ergosterol-to-Biomass Conversion Factors for Aquatic Hyphomycetes
Fourteen strains of aquatic hyphomycete species that are common on decaying leaves in running waters were grown in liquid culture… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Purification and functional reconstitution of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)
Review
1986
Review
1986
How do the polyene macrolide antibiotics affect the cellular membrane properties?
  • J. Bolard
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
  • 1986
  • Corpus ID: 24593411
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