Monthly Archives: June 2008

Cholesterol synthesis control

Cholesterol synthesis is controlled significantly by the hepatic HMG Co A reductase. Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase produces mevalonate, an important intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol and essential nonsterol isoprenoids. The reductase is subject to a range of forms of feedback control through various mechanisms mediated by sterol and nonsterol end-products of mevalonate…

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vernalisation and Lysenko

In Melvyn Bragg’s BBC programme In Our Time and News letter ( 5/6/2008 ) he describes how Lysenko, the controversial Russian Agronomist promoted an agricultural technique known as “vernalisation”, which can be defined as the subjection of seeds or seedlings to low temperatures in order to hasten plant development and flowering. The word vernalisation comes…

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