The yeast model system as a tool towards the understanding of apoptosis regulation by sphingolipids

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 160-178

  Rego, António ^a,b   Trindade, Dário ^a,c   Chaves, Susana R ^a   Manon, Stéphen ^c   Costa, Vítor ^b,d   Sousa, Maria João ^a   Côrte Real, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ceramide; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sphingolipids; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDASE; CERAMIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ACYLATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYDROXYLATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION AND DEPHOSPHORYLATION; SYNTHESIS; YEAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOCIAL CONTROL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

APOPTOSIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 84893817418     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12096     Document Type: Article

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