Figure 5.

Eukaryotic sterol biosynthesis. Ergosterol and cholesterol are synthesized in fungi and all eukaryotes respectively. Enzymes present in L. drancourtii (L), C. burnetii (C) and Candidatus "P. amoebophila" (P) are represented in italics and enzymes present in the previous phylogenetic tree are framed.

Moliner et al. BMC Research Notes 2009 2:51   doi:10.1186/1756-0500-2-51
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