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Jimpy mouse: In vitro studies of brain sphingolipid biosynthesis

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Microsomal preparations from brains of Jimpy mice are able to synthesize only 10–20% as much galactosylceramide as preparations from control littermates. Synthesis of glucosylceramide and ketodihydrosphingosine is only slightly impaired.

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  1. Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology and Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 10461, Bronx, New York

    Pierre Morell & Elvira Costantino-Ceccarini

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Morell, P., Costantino-Ceccarini, E. Jimpy mouse: In vitro studies of brain sphingolipid biosynthesis. Lipids 7, 266–268 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533227

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