Activity of 3-ketosphinganine synthase during differentiation and aging of neuronal cells in culture

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1163-1169

  Chigorno, Vanna ^b   Negroni, Elena ^b   Nicolini, Marco ^a,b   Sonnino, Sandro ^b  

^a Prochisa Research   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Gangliosides; Sphinganine; Sphingosine

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOSINE;

ACYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GRANULE CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANIMALS; CARBON-CARBON LIGASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIGASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEURONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERINE; SPHINGOSINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030996824     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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