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sterol import

Known as: sterol influx, sterol uptake 
The directed movement of a sterol into a cell or organelle. Sterols are steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the… 
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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
STARD3 mediates endoplasmic reticulum‐to‐endosome cholesterol transport at membrane contact sites
StAR‐related lipid transfer domain‐3 (STARD3) is a sterol‐binding protein that creates endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–endosome… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Mechanisms of sterol uptake and transport in yeast
Review
2009
Review
2009
Niemann-Pick C1 Like 1 (NPC1L1) an intestinal sterol transporter.
Review
2007
Review
2007
Intestinal cholesterol transport proteins: an update and beyond
Purpose of review Various studies have delineated the causal role of dietary cholesterol in atherogenesis. Strategies have thus… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters Mediate Nonvesicular, Raft-modulated Sterol Movement from the Plasma Membrane to the Endoplasmic Reticulum*
Little is known about the mechanisms of intracellular sterol transport or how cells maintain the high sterol concentration of the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to a monoterpene: evaluation of antifungal potential by DNA microarray analysis.
Plant-derived essential oils with monoterpenoids have been used as antifungal drugs since ancient times, but the mode of action… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
SUT1-promoted sterol uptake involves the ABC transporter Aus1 and the mannoprotein Dan1 whose synergistic action is sufficient for this process.
Efficient sterol influx in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is restricted to anaerobiosis or to haem deficiency resulting from… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Elicitins, proteinaceous elicitors of plant defense, are a new class of sterol carrier proteins.
Some phytopathogenic fungi within Phytophthora species are unable to synthesize sterols and therefore must pick them up from the… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Intracellular sterol distribution in transfected mouse L-cell fibroblasts expressing rat liver fatty acid-binding protein.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Characteristics of sterol uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
A Saccharomyces cerevisiae sterol auxotroph, FY3 (alpha hem1 erg7 ura), was used to probe the characteristics of sterol uptake in… 
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