The complex life of simple sphingolipids

EMBO Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 777-782

  Futerman, Anthony H ^a   Hannun, Yusuf A ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Lipids; Raft; Second messenger; Sphingolipids; Sphingosine 1 phosphate

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; GLYCOLIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID DEGRADATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4444309565     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400208     Document Type: Review

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