Journal article
Isolation of gorgosterol from symbiont-free giant clam eggs and larvae
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol.104(4), pp.707-710
1993
Abstract
1. 1. Gorgosterol, an unusual cyclopropane-containing C-30 sterol, and biosynthetically related sterols has been isolated from eggs, larvae and juvenile specimens of the giant clams Tridacna gigas and Hippopus hippopus. 2. 2. The eggs and larvae of these molluscs are free of symbiotic zooxanthallae, generally present in adults, and therefore, this represents the first documentation of the occurrence of gorgosterol in symbiont-free cells of an invertebrate. 3. 3. This observation raises questions as to the roles of symbiont and host in the production of this structurally intriguing sterol. © 1993.
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- Title
- Isolation of gorgosterol from symbiont-free giant clam eggs and larvae
- Authors
- R G Kerr (Author) - James Cook UniversityPaul C Southgate (Author) - James Cook University
- Publication details
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol.104(4), pp.707-710
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc.
- Date published
- 1993
- DOI
- 10.1016/0305-0491(93)90201-F
- ISSN
- 0305-0491
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449221602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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