Advances on the Transfer of Lipids by Lipid Transfer Proteins

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 516-530

  Wong, Louise H ^a   Čopič, Alenka ^b   Levine, Tim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

lipid exchange; nonvesicular traffic; oxysterol binding protein related proteins; tubular lipid binding proteins

Indexed keywords

LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPID;

CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIPID TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SECRETORY PATHWAY; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL;

CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 85020128162     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2017.05.001     Document Type: Review

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