Abstract

A Chinese hamster ovary cell mutant resistant to killing by 25-hydroxycholesterol is shown to be defective in the regulation of cholesterol synthesis by exogenous cholesterol. When grown with various cholesterol supplements in delipidized serum, the mutant cell exhibits a variation in cholesterol content and plasma membrane fluidity that is not observed in the parental cell type.

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