Plant sphingolipids: Their importance in cellular organization and adaption

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1861, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1329-1335

  Michaelson, Louise V ^a   Napier, Johnathan A ^a   Molino, Diana ^b   Faure, Jean Denis ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Glycans; Long chain base; Membrane; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; SPHINGOLIPID; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; LIPID BILAYER;

ARTICLE; GLYCOSYLATION; LIPID DEGRADATION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ACCLIMATIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLLEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPID BILAYERS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLLEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOLIPIDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84964285321     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: 18792618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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