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Biochemistry and Function of Sterols Authors - Edward J. Parish Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Alabama and W. David Nes Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock

Keep up with the most recent advances in steroid biochemistry

Leading international scientists bring current and developing topics in sterol research together in Biochemistry and Function of Sterols. The authors are experts in each major area of sterol research--medicine, biochemistry, chemistry, and agriculture. Each chapter features the current state of research as well as new and developing research topics. Throughout the volume the focus is on the major and expanding areas of sterol biochemistry and function of sterols in all classes or organisms. The broad scope of this work embraces many disciplines and will be of interest to a variety of researchers, students, and lay people. Professors will find Biochemistry and Function of Sterols an excellent choice as a textbook for courses on steroid, lipid, or plant biochemistry. 

Features

• Reviews the biochemistry and function of sterols in animals and plants
• Represents a broad range of steroid classes
• Emphasizes the biosynthesis of sterols and their ecological, physiological, physiochemical, and
  phylogenetic functions
• Serves as a basic starting point for bioengineers working with animal and plant hormone
  cloning
• Includes research conducted in universities, research institutes, industry, and agriculture,
  offering a broad scope to readers

Audience

• Bioengineers and biochemists
• Sterol scientists
• Organic chemists and phytochemists
• Botanists
• Microbiologists
• Undergraduate and graduate students in steroid, lipid, or plant biochemistry

Contents

• Inhibitors of 2,3-Oxidosqualene Cyclase as Tools for Studying
  the Mechanism and Function of the Enzyme,
  L. Cattel and M. Ceruti
• Aromatase Inhibitors,
  J. O'Neal Johnston
• Variability of Metabolism and Function of Sterols in Insects,
  J.A. Svoboda
• Oxysterols and Apoptosis: Evidence for Gene Regulation Outside the Cholesterol Pathway,
  E. Brad Thompson and S. Ayala-Torres
• Tracing Steroid Synthesis in Plants,
  H.W. Groeneveld
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Sterol Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
  N.D. Lees, M. Bard, and D. Kirsch
• 19-Noraldosterone, Y. Takeda
• Enzymology of Phytosterol Transformations,
  W.D. Nes and M. Venkatramesh
• Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Plants: Carbon Partitioning  within the Cytoplasmic Pathway,
  J.D. Newman and J. Chappell
• Mevalonate Biosynthesis in Plants,
  T.J. Bach, A. Boronat, N. Campos, A. Ferrer, and K.-U. Vollack
• Lanosterol Analogs: Dual-Action Inhibitors of Cholesterol Biosynthesis,
  L.L. Frye and D.A. Leonard
• Biochemistry and Function of Nematode Steroids,
  D.J. Chitwood
• Occurrence, Biosynthesis, and Putative Role of Ecdysteroids in Plants,
  J.D. Adler
• Regulation of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase  Activity by Side-Chain Oxysterols and Their Derivatives,
  E.J. Parish, S.C. Parish, and S. Li
• Biological Effects of Brassinosteroids, C. Brosa
• Vitamin D: A Hormonal Regulator of the cAMP Signaling Pathway,
  J.P. Berg and E. Haug
• Protein Isoprenylation in Plants,
  S.K. Randall and D.N. Crowell
• Chemical Modulation of Activity in Steroidal Estrogens,
  E. Palomino
• Use of Sterol Mutants as Probes for Sterol Functions in  the Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
  L.W. Parks, J.H. Crowley, F.W. Leak, S.J. Smith, and M.E. Tomeo
• Integration of the Metabolic Pathways of Steroids, Carotenoids, and Retinoids,
  A.M. Gawienowski

January 1997, c. 352 pp., 7x10, ISBN: 0-8493-7674-2

$159.95

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