Ceramide as a second messenger: Sticky solutions to sticky problems

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 408-412

  Venkataraman, Krishnan ^a   Futerman, Anthony H ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAF PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ABSORPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CERAMIDES; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034308223     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8924(00)01830-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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