Expression of ceramide glucosyltransferases, which are essential for glycosphingolipid synthesis, is only required in a small subset of C. elegans cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 822-833

  Marza, Esther ^a   Simonsen, Karina T ^b   Færgeman, Nils J ^b   Lesa, Giovanni M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Ceramid; Glycosphingolipids; Glycosyltransferase; Intestine

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; CERAMIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLY; LARVAL STAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ERRATUM; ERROR;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CERAMIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CERAMIDES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, HELMINTH; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 66949135852     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.042754     Document Type: Article

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