Incorporation in vivo and in vitro of radiolabeled sphingolipid precursors into Paramecium tetraurelia lipids

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 156-163

  Matesic, Diane F ^a,b   Erwin, Joseph A ^a,c   Kaneshiro, Edna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramides; Ethanolamine sphingophospholipids; Ethanolamine sphingophosphonolipids; Long chain base; Palmitate; Serine lipids; Stearate

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ETHANOLAMINE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID METABOLISM; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; SERINE; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOPHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE; STEARIC ACID;

PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

EID: 0031896175     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05084.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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