Human and murine serine-palmitoyl-CoA transferase Cloning, expression and characterization of the key enzyme in sphingolipid synthesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 239-247

  Weiss, Bertram ^a   Stoffel, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Characterization; Cloning; Overexpression; Serine palmitoyltransferase; Sphingolipid biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; SPHINGOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY CELL; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; SPHINGIODEA;

EID: 0030755002     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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