Characterization of free endogenous C14 and C16 sphingoid bases from Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-62

  Fyrst, Henrik ^a   Herr, Deron R ^b   Harris, Greg L ^b   Saba, Julie D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydrosphingosine; High performance liquid chromatography; Long chain sphingoid base; Signaling; Sphingolipid; Sphingosine

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPH KINASE; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 0842304658     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M300005-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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