title: Chinese hamster ovary cell mutants affecting cholesterol metabolism.
abstract: The approach of somatic cell and molecular genetics for the study of intracellular regulation of cholesterol metabolism has blossomed in recent years. This review lists all the Chinese hamster ovary cell mutants involved in cholesterol metabolism. In addition, it summarizes the characteristics of mutants involved in three different processes: (1) sequential cleavage of the membrane-bound sterol regulatory element-binding proteins; (2) cholesterol esterification; and (3) intracellular cholesterol transport from the lysosome/endosome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Spillane
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D016466:CHO Cells; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D002784:Cholesterol