"Ergosterol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A steroid occurring in FUNGI. Irradiation with ULTRAVIOLET RAYS results in formation of ERGOCALCIFEROL (vitamin D2).
| Descriptor ID |
D004875
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.247.222.537
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| Concept/Terms |
Ergosterol- Ergosterol
- Pro-Vitamin D2
- D2, Pro-Vitamin
- Pro Vitamin D2
- Provitamin D 2
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ergosterol" by people in Profiles.
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Whaley SG, Caudle KE, Vermitsky JP, Chadwick SG, Toner G, Barker KS, Gygax SE, Rogers PD. UPC2A is required for high-level azole antifungal resistance in Candida glabrata. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Aug; 58(8):4543-54.
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Flowers SA, Barker KS, Berkow EL, Toner G, Chadwick SG, Gygax SE, Morschhäuser J, Rogers PD. Gain-of-function mutations in UPC2 are a frequent cause of ERG11 upregulation in azole-resistant clinical isolates of Candida albicans. Eukaryot Cell. 2012 Oct; 11(10):1289-99.
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Guarino AJ, Tulenko TN, Wrenn SP. Cholesterol crystal nucleation from enzymatically modified low-density lipoproteins: combined effect of sphingomyelinase and cholesterol esterase. Biochemistry. 2004 Feb 17; 43(6):1685-93.