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SUBMITTER: Pata MO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3072431 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pata Mickael O MO Wu Bill X BX Bielawski Jacek J Xiong Tou Cheu TC Hannun Yusuf A YA Ng Carl K-Y CK
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 20080610 6
<h4>Summary</h4>Sphingolipids are a structurally diverse group of molecules based on long-chain sphingoid bases that are found in animal, fungal and plant cells. In contrast to the situation in animals and yeast, much less is known about the spectrum of sphingolipid species in plants and the roles they play in mediating cellular processes. Here, we report the cloning and characterization of a plant ceramidase from rice (Oryza sativa spp. Japonica cv. Nipponbare). Sequence analysis suggests that ...[more]