Glycosphingolipids: structure and function
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Glycosphingolipids occur in most hi her organisms as 200 compounds in this class have been isolated and chemically characterized. In this aper, we compare the structures of several complex glycosphingoEpids and discuss the utilit of fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry in the MSldS mode with collision-assisted dissociation of the ceramide ion to study details of the ceramide structure. The function of several gangliosides in the regulation of growth of cultured cells is also discussed. minor constituents of the plasma membranes o B cells. More than
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