Simplifying complexity: Genetically resculpting glycosphingolipid synthesis pathways in mice to reveal function

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 613-622

  Allende, Maria Laura ^a   Proia, Richard L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gangliosides; Gene targeting; Glycosphingolipids; Glycosyltransferases; Mouse models

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; GANGLIOSIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LACTOSYLCERAMIDE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC DISORDER; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; KERATINOCYTE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SPHINGOLIPID METABOLISM; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ENTEROCYTES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84922004809     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: 15734986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10719-014-9563-5     Document Type: Review

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