The long infancy of sterol biosynthesis

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作者
Kenig, Fabien [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
关键词
Evolution; Palaeontology; Biochemistry;
D O I
10.1038/d41586-023-01816-1
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A newly discovered fossil record of steroid molecules, spanning 1.64 billion years, points to ancient organisms in the eukaryotic domain being capable of only early steps in the synthesis of sterol molecules.
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页码:678 / 680
页数:3
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