Ablation of ceramide synthase 2 strongly affects biophysical properties of membranes

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 430-436

  Silva, Liana C ^a,b,c   David, Oshrit Ben ^b   Pewzner Jung, Yael ^b   Laviad, Elad L ^b   Stiban, Johnny ^b,e   Bandyopadhyay, Sibali ^d   Merrill, Alfred H ^d   Prieto, Manuel ^c   Futerman, Anthony H ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Acyl chain; Ceramide; Lipid domains; Membrane order; Sphingolipids; Tubules

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CERAMIDE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER MICROSOME; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84857762476     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M022715     Document Type: Article

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