Arabidopsis normal and sterol deficient (IMAGE)

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Arabidopsis normal and sterol deficient

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Scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory discovered a mutation that makes normal Arabidopsis plants (left) deficient in sterol (right). They did extensive genetic and biochemical experiments to establish sterol's essential role in oil droplet formation.

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Brookhaven National Laboratory

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