Analysis of sphingomyelin and ceramide levels and the enzymes regulating their metabolism in response to cell stress

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 66, 2001, Pages 135-165

  Dobrowsky, Rick T ^a   Kolesnick, Richard N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLSPHINGOSINE DEACYLASE; AMIDASE; CERAMIDE; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; DIHYDROCERAMIDE DESATURASE; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSYLGLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE CERAMIDE PHOSPHOCHOLINE TRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-CERAMIDE PHOSPHOCHOLINE TRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDE TRIHEXOSIDASE; CERAMIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPHINGOMYELINS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

EID: 0035229634     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(01)66007-2     Document Type: Article

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