Glycosphingolipids in signaling and development: From liposomes to model organisms

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-106

  Pontier, Stephanie M ^a,b   Schweisguth, François ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Development; EGFR; Glycosphingolipids; Notch; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID SYNTHASE; GURKEN; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID RAFT; LIPOGENESIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORM;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 83655167166     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22766     Document Type: Review

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