title: Preferential uptake and utilization of mevalonolactone over mevalonate for sterol biosynthesis in isolated rat hepatocytes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D007700:Kinetics; D007783:Lactones / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D051381:Rats; D013261:Sterols / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D007783:Lactones; D013261:Sterols; C015367:mevalonolactone; D008798:Mevalonic Acid