steroid biosynthetic process (Q15048)
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of steroids, compounds with a 1,2,cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene nucleus; includes de novo formation and steroid interconversion by modification.
- GO:0006694
- steroid synthesis
- steroid anabolism
- steroid biosynthesis
- steroidogenesis
- steroid formation
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| English | steroid biosynthetic process |
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of steroids, compounds with a 1,2,cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene nucleus; includes de novo formation and steroid interconversion by modification. |
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