tetrahymanol

Tetrahymanol is a polycyclic triterpenoid lipid first discovered in the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis whose potential diagenetic… (More)

The nitrogen-fixing, symbiotic root-nodule forming bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 contained gammacerane derivatives… (More)

A new route for the formation of gammacerane from tetrahymanol is proposed; in addition to dehydration and hydrogenation… (More)

The squalene-hopene cyclase of the hopanoid- and tetrahymanol-producing Rhodopseudomonas palustris was released from the isolated… (More)

The effect of a non-methanogenic symbiont on the viability of Trimyema compressum strain N, cultivated monoxenically on a… (More)

The membrane-bound enzyme from Tetrahymena thermophila responsible for the conversion of squalene into the quasi-hopanoid… (More)

The tetracyclic sterol precursors, cyclolaudenol, cycloartenol and lanosterol, inhibit efficiently the tetrahymanol biosynthesis… (More)

The biosynthesis of ubiquinone-8 from radioactive mevalonate by cultures of Tetrahymena pyriformis is demonstrated. Under normal… (More)

Many naturally occurring sterols are accumulated and metabolized byTetrahymena pyriformis. In most cases, the sterols are… (More)

Tetrahymena pyriformis WH-14 cells were grown in the medium supplemented with ergosterol (1 mg/100 ml) and the effects of… (More)