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Cholesterol Structure

Cholesterol Structure is a biochemical construct that specifies the molecular arrangement of cholesterol, characterized by a four-ring cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene nucleus with a hydroxyl group at carbon-3 and an aliphatic side chain at carbon-17, distinguishing it within the broader class of steroid molecules.

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Molecular physiology of reverse cholesterol transport.

C J Fielding, P E Fielding · Journal of Lipid Research · 1995 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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A Specific Cholesterol Binding Site Is Established by the 2.8 Å Structure of the Human β2-Adrenergic Receptor

Michael A. Hanson, Vadim Cherezov, Mark T. Griffith et al. · Structure · 2008 · 939 citations · Full text

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Structure of N-Terminal Domain of NPC1 Reveals Distinct Subdomains for Binding and Transfer of Cholesterol

Hyock Joo Kwon, Lina Abi-Mosleh, Michael Wang et al. · Cell · 2009 · 670 citations · Full text

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Nucleation time: A key factor in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstone disease

K Holan, Rüdiger Holzbach, Robert E. Hermann et al. · Gastroenterology · 1979 · 528 citations

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Structure of a Cholesterol-Binding, Thiol-Activated Cytolysin and a Model of Its Membrane Form

Jamie Rossjohn, Susanne C. Feil, William J. McKinstry et al. · Cell · 1997 · 466 citations · Full text

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    George J. Schroepfer

    Rice University, United States

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    Lia Addadi

    Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

    8 publications · 342 citations

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    D. S. Shankar Rao

    Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, India

    7 publications · 210 citations

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    Robert Bittman

    Queens College, CUNY, United States

    7 publications · 364 citations

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    Fred M. Konikoff

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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  2. Weizmann Institute of Science

    Rehovot, Israel

    10 h-index

    40 publications

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  3. Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences

    Bengaluru, India

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    9 h-index

    25 publications

    1K citations

  6. Rice University

    Houston, United States

    8 h-index

    34 publications

    973 citations

  7. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, United States

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    34 publications

    6.4K citations

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    Montreal, Canada

    7 h-index

    17 publications

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    JBC · 18 publications · 1.6K citations

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