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- noun organic chemistry Any
compound formally derived from one or moreisoprene unit.
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Examples
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Inhibition of cholesterol production but not of nonsterol isoprenoid products induces neuronal cell death.
T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010
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Michikawa, M, et al. Inhibition of cholesterol production but not nonsterol isoprenoid products induces neuronal cell death.
T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010
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Michikawa, M, et al. Inhibition of cholesterol production but not of nonsterol isoprenoid products induces neuronal cell death.
T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010
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Choi, J. Lovostatin induces apopotosis of spontaneously immortalized rat brain neuroblasts: involvement of nonsterol isoprenoid cells (3T3).
T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010
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He studies volatile hydrocarbons given off by plants, especially isoprene, the root member of the isoprenoid family of compounds.
unknown title 2012
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You will study the direct effects of statins on the cardiac myocyte - through cholesterol-dependent (caveolae) and independent (isoprenoid) pathways.
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The orange beta-carotene in carrots is an isoprenoid.
Analysis 2010
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A demonstration of isoprenoid synthesis in rat liver mitochondria.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael L. Nickerson et al. 2010
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It acts on a cellular compound, HMBPP, "reducing" it by adding two electrons and two protons to it in an early stage of isoprenoid biosynthesis.
innovations-report 2010
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The orange beta-carotene in carrots is an isoprenoid.
innovations-report 2010
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