Table I.
Different levels of sterols and BRs in tissues of the Ws-2 wild type
The two rows of text in bold indicate the summed total of sterol (24-MC, CR, CN, and 6-deoxoCN) or BRs (from 6-DeoxoCT [CT] to BL), respectively. nd, Not detected; 24-MC, 24-Methylenecholesterol; CN, Campestanol; 6-OxoCN, 6-Oxocampestanol; 6-DeoxoCT, 6-Deoxocathasterone; 6-DeoxoTE, 6-Deoxoteaasterone; 6-DeoxoTY, 6-Deoxotyphasterol; 6-DeoxoCS, 6-Deoxocastasterone.
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| Tissues | Shoot | Root | Silique | Collet | Shoot Tip | Stem | Rosette |
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| 24-MC | 270 | 140 | 910 | 2,780 | 92,800 | 3,480 | 1,480 |
| CR | 23,300 | 29,900 | 15,700 | 68,200 | 82,400 | 58,800 | 47,100 |
| CN | 780 | 1,450 | 900 | 5,530 | 2,430 | 1,510 | 2,570 |
| 6-OxoCN | 80 | 46 | 55 | 43 | nd | 30 | 210 |
| C28 sterol content | 24,430 | 31,536 | 17,565 | 76,553 | 177,630 | 63,820 | 51,360 |
| 6-DeoxoCT | 1.68 | 10.5 | 1.19 | 19.9 | 1.4 | 3.43 | 3.66 |
| 6-DeoxoTE | 0.19 | 0.66 | 0.19 | 1.37 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.33 |
| 6-DeoxoTY | 0.67 | 10.1 | 1.3 | 4.06 | 0.56 | 2.42 | 2.87 |
| 6-DeoxoCS | 2.24 | 0.63 | 1.95 | 3.1 | 3.65 | 1.51 | 2.18 |
| CT | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| TE | nd | nd | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | nd |
| TY | 0.04 | 0.023 | 1.06 | 0.51 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.09 |
| CS | 0.22 | 0.031 | 0.74 | 1.17 | 1.97 | 0.48 | 0.21 |
| BL | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| BR content | 5.04 | 21.944 | 6.44 | 30.2 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.3 |