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May 8, 2023 | News

Kleiner Lab members contribute to animal phytosterol synthesis discovery

By amgarrel

Kleiner Lab members Marlene Violette and Manuel Kleiner contributed to the discovery that animals can synthesize phytosterols, a process previously believed to be unique to plants.

Link to Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology press release.

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