Synthesis of sphingomyelin by oligodendrocytes - How and where?

Journal of Lipid Mediators and Cell Signalling

Volumn 14, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 313-319

  Vos, Jan P ^a   Giudici, M Luisa ^b   Van Der Bijl, Petra ^a   Lopes Cardozo, Matthijs ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

fluorescent ceramide analogs; rat spinal cord oligodendrocytes; sphingomyelin biosynthesis in the CNS; sphingomyelin synthase in myelin

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINE; CITICOLINE; ETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; RADIOISOTOPE; SERINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MEDIATOR; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030248889     PISSN: 09297855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-7855(96)00540-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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