Specific and sensitive assay for alkaline and neutral ceramidases involving C12-NBD-ceramide

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 746-749

  Tani, Motohiro ^a   Okino, Nozomu ^a   Mitsutake, Susumu ^a   Ito, Makoto ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C12 NBD ceramide; Ceramidase; Ceramide; Sphingolipid ceramide N deacylase (scdase)

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; ACYLSPHINGOSINE DEACYLASE; CARBON 14; CERAMIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIVER ENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; LIMULUS; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; MAMMALIA; MEROSTOMATA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032929235     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022345     Document Type: Article

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