A new class of lipid desaturase central to sphingolipid biosynthesis and signalling

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 475-478

  Napier, Johnathan A ^a   Michaelson, Louise V ^a   Dunn, Teresa M ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; SPHINGIODEA;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CERAMIDE; DIHYDROSPHINGOSINE REDUCTASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CERAMIDES; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOSINE;

EID: 0036834793     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(02)02348-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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