Thematic Review Series: Sphingolipids. New insights into sphingolipid metabolism and function in budding yeast*

Our understanding of sphingolipid metabolism and functions in the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has progressed substantially in the past 2 years. Yeast sphingolipids contain a C26-acyl moiety, all of the genes necessary to make these long-chain fatty acids have been identified, and a m...

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Main Author: Robert C. Dickson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-05-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520425775