Regulation of ceramide channel formation and disassembly: Insights on the initiation of apoptosis

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 760-772

  Abou Ghali, Majdouline ^a,b   Stiban, Johnny ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Assembly and disassembly; Bcl 2 family proteins; Ceramide channels; Chain length; De novo synthesis; Mitochondria; Sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945496722     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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