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Phytosterol Biosynthesis and Untilization by Insect Herbivores

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Corbin, D., Grebenok, R.J., Ohnmeiss, T.O.,Greenplate, J., and Purcell, J.(2001)"Expression and Chloroplast Targeting of Cholesterol Oxidase in Transgenic Tobacco Plants" 126:1116-1128. Plant Physiology.

Behmer, S., Elias, D., and Grebenok,R.(1999) "Phytosterol Metabolism and Absorption in the generalist grasshopper Schistocerca americana (Orthoptera:acrididae)". 42 (1) 13-25. Arch. of Insect Biochem. and Phys..

Grebenok, R.J., Ohnmeiss, T., Huntley, E., Yamamoto, A., Galbraith, D., and Della Penna, D., (1998) "Isolation and Characterization of a A. thaliana C-8,7 sterol isomerase: Functional and Structural Similarities to Mammalian C-8,7 sterol isomerase/Emopamil Binding Protein" 38:807-815. Plt. Mol. Bio.

Grebenok, R.J., Galbraith, D.W. and Della Penna, D. (1997) Characterization of a Zea mays endosperm C-24 Sterol Methyltransferase: One of two types of Sterol Methyltransferase in Higher Plants" 34:891-896. Plt. Mol. Bio.

Behmer, S.T. and Grebenok, R.J. (1997) "Impact of dietary sterols on the life history of a catepillar: a two generation study" Phys. Entomol. 18 (6) 215-224.

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