Lipid transfer proteins do their thing anchored at membrane contact sites . . . but what is their thing?

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 517-527

  Wong, Louise H ^a   Levine, Tim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological transport; Ergosterol analogues and derivatives chemistry; Intracellular membranes metabolism; Membrane lipids metabolism; Proteins genetics metabolism; Proteins genetics metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Vesicular transport

Indexed keywords

LAM1 4P PROTEIN; LAM5P PROTEIN; LAM6P PROTEIN; LIPID; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; PROTEIN; STARKIN PROTEIN; TUBULAR LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMAN; LIPID TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE CONTACT SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; STEROL METABOLISM; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; CELL FRACTIONATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 85009909719     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20150275     Document Type: Review

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