developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry at the 201st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, April 14-19, 1991 /
First Statement of Responsibility
W. David Nes, editor, Edward J. Parish, editor, James M. Trzaskos, editor.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, DC :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
American Chemical Society,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1992.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 270 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
ACS symposium series,
Volume Designation
497
ISSN of Series
0097-6156 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Biosynthesis and utilization of isoprenoids : overview of research directions / James M. Trzaskos -- Regulation of monoterpene biosynthesis in conifer defense / Efraim Lewinsohn, Mark Gijzen, and Rodney B. Croteau -- Natural rubber biosynthesis : a branch of the isoprenoid pathway in plants / Katrina Cornish -- Production of natural carotenoids : influence and impact of biotechnology / Richard F. Taylor -- Prenylated amino acid composition of tissues / H.C. Rilling, L.M. Leining, E. Bruenger, D. Lever, and W.W. Epstein -- Isoprenylation of low molecular mass guanine nucleotide-binding proteins in mammalian cells / William A. Maltese, B. Therese Kinsella, and Kathleen M. Sheridan -- Potent, rationally designed inhibitors of squalene synthase / Scott A. Biller, Michael J. Sofia, Jeffrey W. Abt, Barbara DeLange, John K. Dickson, Jr., Cornelia Forster, Eric M. Gordon, Thomas Harrity, David R. Magnin, Joseph Marretta, Lois C. Rich, and Carl P. Ciosek, Jr. -- Oxysterol regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis / F.R. Taylor -- Dual-action inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis : lanosterol analogs that inhibit lanosterol 14[alpha]-methyl demethylase and suppress 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase activity / Leah L. Frye and Deborah A. Leonard -- Regulation of sterol biosynthesis and its phylogenetic implications / Stephen R. Parker and W. David Nes -- Biosynthesis of oxysterols in plants, animals, and microorganisms / Edward J. Parish -- Enzyme systems : use in the development of sterol biosynthesis inhibitors as agrochemicals / E.I. Mercer -- 2,3-oxidosqualene cyclase and squalene epoxidase as target enzymes for the development of new sterol biosynthesis inhibitors / L. Cattel, M. Ceruti, G. Balliano, and F. Viola -- Squalene epoxidase inhibitors : structural determinants for activity and selectivity of allylamines and related compounds / Neil S. Ryder, Anton Stuetz, and Peter Nussbaumer -- Inhibition of sterol metabolism in insects and nematodes / James A. Svoboda and David J. Chitwood -- Cytochrome P450-dependent 14[alpha]-demethylase : target for antifungal agents and herbicides / H. Vanden Bossche, P. Marichal, M-C. Coene, G. Willemsens, L. Le Jeune, W. Cools, and H. Verhoeven -- Effect of tridemorph on sterol synthesis in algae / Glenn W. Patterson -- Role of sphingomyelin in cellular cholesterol homeostasis / Harry Rudney and Arun K. Gupta -- Genetics and molecular biology of the genes functioning late in the sterol biosynthetic pathway of Saccharomyces / Norman D. Lees, Beth A. Arthington, and Martin Bard.