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Glycerophospohoserine

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GPSer (abbr.); Phosphatidylserine; PS (abbr.)

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Glycerophosphoserine is a class of phospholipids containing the proteinogenic amino acid serine as head group (Fig. 1).

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Molecular structure of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoserine

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  1. Core Facility Mass Spectrometry, Zentrum für Medizinische Forschung (ZMF), Medizinische Universität Graz, Stiftingtalstraße 24/1, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Alexander Triebl

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  1. Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Centre for Life Sciences, Singapore, Singapore

    Markus R. Wenk

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Triebl, A. (2015). Glycerophospohoserine. In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_36-1

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