Reconstitution Assay System for Ceramide Transport With Semi-Intact Cells

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-129

  Kumagai, Keigo ^a   Nishijima, Masahiro ^b   Hanada, Kentaro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Glycosphingolipid; Interorganelle lipid movement; Lipid metabolism; Semi intact cell; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856714711     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386487-1.00006-7     Document Type: Chapter

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