. Identify a pathway for utilization of the four carbons of acetoacetatein cholesterol biosynthesis. Carry your pathway as far as the rate-determining reaction in cholesterol biosynthesis.

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. Identify a pathway for utilization of the four carbons of acetoacetate in cholesterol biosynthesis. Carry your pathway as far as the rate- determining reaction in cholesterol biosynthesis.