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Meaning of sphingolipidomics | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The study of the sphingolipidome of an organism or cell

Examples

“In fact, the methods of sphingolipidomics also facilitate the determination of isotype specific effects, such as the induction of mitochondrial apoptosis exclusively by C16:0 ceramide. […] Sphingolipidomics will provide thrill information on the source and the 'job history' of a unique metabolite by comparative analysis of the levels of its de novo precursors versus its degradation products.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

sphingolipidosis sphingomonad sphingomyelin sphingomyelinase sphingophosphatide sphingophospholipid

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