Biophysical properties of sphingosine, ceramides and other simple sphingolipids

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1401-1408

  Goñi, Félix M ^a   Sot, Jesús ^a   Alonso, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilayer permeability; Ceramide; Lipid bilayer; Lipid phase; Sphingolipid; Sphingosine

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE 1 PHOSPHATE; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; CERAMIDE 1-PHOSPHATE; LIPID BILAYER; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE;

BIOPHYSICS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLIP FLOP LIPID MOTION; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; CERAMIDES; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; SPHINGOSINE;

EID: 84907199714     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20140159     Document Type: Review

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