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ArticleCurrent issues in molecular biology2025

Enhancement and Mechanism of Ergosterol Biosynthesis in Termite Ball Fungus

Yong-Gang Fang, Zahid Khan, Fang-Cheng Hu, Xiao-Hong Su, Lian-Xi Xing

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Article in Current issues in molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yong-Gang FangCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Zahid KhanCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7015-4329
Fang-Cheng HuCollege of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China.
Xiao-Hong SuCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Lian-Xi XingCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4230-7815

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32471563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ergosterol is a component of fungal cell membranes that has physiological functions and applications in drugs, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-fungal, and other immunosuppressive activities. The fungus

Indexed as

ergosterolmethyl jasmonatemolecular mechanismsalicylic acidtermite ball fungus

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PMID40136403
PMCPMC11941008

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