Ceramide: Second messenger or modulator of membrane structure and dynamics?

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-211

  Van Blitterswijk, Wim J ^a   Van Der Luit, Arnold H ^a   Veldman, Robert Jan ^a   Verheij, Marcel ^a   Borst, Jannie ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Diacylglycerol; Lipid raft; Sphingolipid; Vesicular trafficking

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FUSION REACTIONS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANES; METABOLISM; TOPOLOGY;

MEMBRANE VESICULATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CERAMIDE; CYTOCHROME C; DIACYLGLYCEROL; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; ENDOSOME; GOLGI COMPLEX; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MITOCHONDRION; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CERAMIDES; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GOLGI APPARATUS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037440032     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021528     Document Type: Review

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