Sphingolipid
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sphingolipid-206-4926418
title:
Sphingolipid
text:
Sphingolipids are a class of lipids containing a backbone of sphingoid bases, which are a set of aliphatic amino alcohols that includes sphingosine. They were discovered in brain extracts in the 1870s and were named after the mythological sphinx because of their enigmatic nature. These compounds play important roles in signal transduction and cell recognition. Sphingolipidoses, or disorders of sphingolipid metabolism, have particular impact on neural tissue. A sphingolipid with a terminal hydrox
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Family of chemical compounds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingolipid
date created:
2004-10-25T00:13:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T14:44:07Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16